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Rentiapril
A potent angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with antihypertensive activity. Rentiapril competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II. This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II and results in vasodilation. Rentiapril also decreases angiotensin II-induced aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex, which leads to an increase in sodium excretion and subsequently increases water outflow. (NCI Thesaurus)
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