“…Many other ACE inhibitors, either directly acting compounds such as captopril (Giudicelli et al, 1984) and lisinopril (Jackson et al, 1988) or active metabolites of prodrugs such as enalaprilat (Kelly et al, 1986;Lowenthal et al, 1985), ramiprilat (Aurell et al, 1987;Debusmann et al, 1987), cilazaprilat (Shionoiri et al, 1988), alaceprilat (Onoyama et al, 1986) and pentoprilat (Rakhit et al, 1988), as well as the active metabolites of delapril (Onoyama et al, 1988) are mainly cleared by the kidney. Thus, impaired renal function results in higher circulating concentrations of the active drugs, and increased extent and duration of ACE inhibition.…”