The sodium salt of fosinopril. It is used for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. A pro-drug, its phosphinate ester group is hydrolysed in vivo to give the corresponding phosphininc acid, fosinoprilat, which is the active metabolite.
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A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug.