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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Enzyme Inhibitors > Protease Inhibitors > Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors > Vasopeptidase Inhibitors

Preferred term

Vasopeptidase Inhibitors  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • ACE NEP Inhibitors
  • ACE-NEP Inhibitors
  • Inhibitor, Vasopeptidase
  • NEP ACE Inhibitors
  • NEP-ACE Inhibitors
  • Vasopeptidase Inhibitor

Scope note

  • A class of cardiovascular drugs indicated for hypertension and congestive heart failure that simultaneously inhibit both NEUTRAL ENDOPEPTIDASE and ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME. They increase the availability of NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES and BRADYKININ and inhibit production of ANGIOTENSIN II.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000075563

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