M Rezvanipour - Assistant professor
H Sepehri - Associate professor
A.R Foromandi - Associate professor
GH.R Sepehri - Associate professor
H Najafi pour - Instructor
F Esmaeili - Other

In this research we evaluated the calcium channel antagonist activity of various diester analohues of nifedipine on rat ileal smooth muscle.in these analogues,the orthophenyl group at position ۴ was replaced by ۱ methyl ۲-meythylsulfonyl or methylthio ۵-imidazolyl.wistar rats(۱۸۰-۲۵۰g) were killed by a blow to the head.the intestine was removed above the ileucecal junction and longitudinal smooth muscle segments of ۲ cm length were maintained at ۳۷c in a ۱۰ ml jacket organ bath containing oxygenated intestinal krebs soluion.the contractions was recorded with a force displacement transducer connected to a physiograp.the contraction was elisited with ۸۰ mmol KCL.test compounds were cumulatively added to produse ۵۰% relaxation of contracted ileal smooth muscle (IC۵۰) THAT WAS DETERMINED FROM THE CINCENTRATION response trace recorded by physiograph.the IC۵۰ of nifedipine was (۱.۲۶+-۰.۳۷)*۱۰ and of compounds ۱,۲,۳,۴,۵ and ۶ was(۲.۵۷+_۰.۲۸)*۱۰,(۱.۰۳+_۰.۱۲)*۱۰,(۲.۵۵+_۰.۵۰)*۱۰,(۱.۳۲+_۰.۱۸)*۱۰,(۳.۱۶+_۰.۸۹)*۱۰, and (۱.۰۴+_۰.۲۹)*۱۰ mole respectively.the results indicate that replacement of ۲_ nitrophenyl at C۴ position of nifedipine with methyltion or methyl solfunyl imidazolyl reduces the activity.the comparison of the activites of symetrical esters(compounds No ۳&۶) indicated that increasing the length of methylen chain in C۳ and C۵ esters substituend decreases the avtivity.Comparison of the activities of asymetrical esters(compounds No۴&۵) indicates that,when at C۳ there is a small substituent,increasing the length of methylen chain increases activity.comparison of the activites of symetrical esters(compounds ۲ and ۳) with asymetrical esters(compounds ۱,۴.۵ and ۶) indicates that asymetrical esters are not always more potent than symmetrical esters.compound ۴ was the most potent new compound in this study.finally we can conclude that nifedipine was significantely more potent than all of these compounds.

DIHYDROPYRIDINE, nifedipine, sMOOTH MUSCLE, Ileum, Rat, Calcum antagonists