Pharmacological properties of 2-(2-chloro-p-toluidino)-2-imidazoline-nitrate (tolonidine), a new antihypertensive agent. II. Action on cardiac contraction, circulatory parameters, autonomic receptors and diuresis.

Abstract

Tolonidine, 2(2-chloro-p-toluidino)-2-imidazoline-nitrate, is a substance chemically related to clonidine. In the anesthetized dog, tolonidine administered i.v. decreased the amplitude of ventricular contractions, reduced aortic blood flow and increased peripheral vascular resistances. In the bivagotomized pithed rat, tolonidine induced a long-lasting increase in blood pressure with no secondary hypotension, thus suggesting peripheral sympathomimetic properties, however, contractions of seminal vesicles in vitro were not obtained. The product proved to have no peripheral sympatholytic or parasympatholytic properties. In the dog and the rat, diuresis was hardly changed. These properties are closely related to those of clonidine, which was studied comparatively. A general discussion is proposed at the end of a third article.

• Authors: D Cosnier, C Labrid, G Rispat, G Streichenberger
• Journal: Arzneimittel-Forschung (Arzneimittelforschung) Vol. 25 Issue 11 Pg. 1802-6 (Nov 1975) ISSN: 0004-4172 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 1243090 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antihypertensive Agents
• Imidazoles
• Toluidines
• Mecamylamine
• Clonidine
• Guanethidine

Topics

• Animals
• Antihypertensive Agents (pharmacology)
• Aorta (drug effects)
• Autonomic Nervous System (physiology)
• Blood Pressure (drug effects)
• Cerebrovascular Circulation (drug effects)
• Clonidine (pharmacology)
• Diuresis (drug effects)
• Dogs
• Female
• Guanethidine (pharmacology)
• Hemodynamics (drug effects)
• Hypertension (physiopathology)
• Imidazoles (pharmacology)
• In Vitro Techniques
• Male
• Mecamylamine (pharmacology)
• Muscle Contraction (drug effects)
• Myocardial Contraction (drug effects)
• Rabbits
• Rats
• Regional Blood Flow (drug effects)
• Seminal Vesicles (drug effects)
• Toluidines (pharmacology)
• Vascular Resistance (drug effects)