| abstract |
2,6-Dimethyl-4-(2- or 3-substituted phenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid diesters, having vasodilating and blood pressure lowering effects, in the ester moiety at the 3- position of which a heterocyclic group is linked to an alkylene group through an ester bond (carbonyloxy group). The diesters are used for treatment of cardiac diseases, cerebrovascular diseases and hypertension. |