SCH 42495 racemate is the racemate of SCH 42495. SCH 42495 is an orally active neutral metalloendopeptidase (NEP) inhibitor with antihypertensive effect. SCH 42495 is the orally active ethylester prodrug of SCH 42354^[1].

NEP^[1]

SCH 42495 selectively inhibits hydrolysis of leu-enkephalin and ANF (IC₅₀of 8.3 and 10.0 nM, respectively) in vitro^[1].

SCH 42495 (30 mg/kg; oral gavage; twice daily) causes a significant reduction in the pulmonary vascular remodelling and ventricular hypertrophy in hypoxic rats after 10 days^[2].
Treatment with SCH 42495 (30 mg/kg; oral gavage; twice daily) leads to a decrease in cardiovascular remodelling secondary to chronic hypoxia in rats^[2].
SCH 42495 (oral doses of 1, 3, or 10 mg/kg) produces significant reductions in blood pressure in DOCA-N a hypertensive rats of 22±6, 43±7, and 62±12 mm Hg, respectively^[1].

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C₂₀H₂₉NO₄S₂

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