Olmesartan has been used as an angiotensin II receptor 1 (AT1) receptor inhibitor to study the effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor interactions in the regulation of renal afferent arterioles in angiotensin II-dependent hypertension.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Olmesartan possesses anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative stress properties. It protects neuronal cells against oligomerized amyloid ? (A?)-induced cellular senescence.
Olmesartan is an Angiotensin II Type I receptor blocker. Olmesartan is the active form of the antihypertensive drug olmesartan medoxomil.