cis-4-Hydroxy-D-proline belongs to the class of organic compounds known as proline and derivatives. Proline and derivatives are compounds containing proline or a derivative thereof resulting from a reaction of proline at the amino group or the carboxyl group or from the replacement of any hydrogen of glycine by a heteroatom.

Elgodipine significantly reduced the incidence and severity of exercise-induced angina pectoris systemically and was able to inhibit vascular smooth muscle proliferation through a mechanism independent of the expression of the transcription factors c-fos and c-jun.

Blocker of Kir1.1 channels; displays >250-fold selectivity for Kir1.1 (Kd values are 1.1, 274 and 361 nM for Kir1.1, Kir3.1/3.2 and Kir3.1/3.4 respectively). Derivative of tertiapin-Q.