Drug/Small Molecule:

hydralazine

A direct-acting vasodilator that is used as an antihypertensive agent. PubChem (source: Drug Bank)

For the treatment of essential hypertension, alone or as an adjunct. Also for the management of moderate to severe hypertension, congestive heart failure, and hypertension secondary to pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. (source: Drug Bank)

Although the precise mechanism of action of hydralazine is not fully understood, the major effects are on the cardiovascular system. Hydralazine apparently lowers blood pressure by exerting a peripheral vasodilating effect through a direct relaxation of vascular smooth muscle. Hydralazine, by altering cellular calcium metabolism, interferes with the calcium movements within the vascular smooth muscle that are responsible for initiating or maintaining the contractile state. (source: Drug Bank)

A vasodilator, hydralazine works by relaxing blood vessels (arterioles more than venules) and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart while reducing its workload. It also functions as an antioxidant. It inhibits membrane-bound enzymes that form reactive oxygen species, such as superoxides. Excessive superoxide counteracts NO-induced vasodilation. It is commonly used in the condition of pregnancy called preeclampsia. (source: Drug Bank)

Hydralazine, when administered orally, undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism by genetic polymorphic acetylation, which is responsible for a threefold range of oral bioavailability. Intravenously administered hydralazine does not undergo first-pass metabolism and, therefore, is not affected by acetylator phenotype. After the drug reaches the systemic circulation, it is combined with endogenous aldehydes and ketones, including pyruvic acid, to form hydrazone metabolites. The active metabolites, hydralazine acetonide hydrazone and hydralazine pyruvate hydrazone, are equipotent with the parent, hydralazine. (source: Drug Bank)

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Hydralazine is rapidly and extensively absorbed (up to 90%) from the gastrointestinal tract and undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism by genetic polymorphic acetylation. Oral bioavailability of hydralazine is dependent upon acetylator phenotype. Bioavailability is approximately 31% in slow acetylators and 10% in fast acetylators. (source: Drug Bank)

Oral LD50 in rats: 173 and 187 mg/kg (source: Drug Bank)

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