Sampatrilat is an effecive and orally active vasopeptidase inhibitor of ACE and neutral endopeptidase. Sampatrilat inhibits C-domain ACE (Ki=13.8 nM) 12.4-fold more potent than that for the N-domain (Ki=171.9 nM).
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