Dehydro Isradipine is a major metabolite of Isradipine. Isradipine is a 2,4-dihydropyridine, selective agonist of L-type Ca2+ channels. Research has indicated that Isradipine has anti-antherosclerotic effects in animals and improves endothelium-mediated nitric oxide (NO)-dependent vasodilation in vitro. Additional studies indicate that Isradipine may provide a neuroprotective effect in a rat model of focal ischemia and that Isradipine produces a dose-dependent sparing of dopamine neuronal fibers and cell bodies.
