“…Since impaired mitochondrial function is a mechanism which is at least partly responsible for VC in CKD, nicorandil has been investigated to alleviate VC in a CKD rat model. In adenine‐induced CKD rats, nicorandil administration reversed mitochondrial function by improving mitochondrial depolarization, increasing mitochondrial respiration capacity, mitochondrial Krebs cycle enzymes (SDH, MDH) (Ravindran et al, 2018, 2017), and ATP synthase activity (Ravindran et al, 2017), and attenuating Ca‐induced mitochondrial swelling (Ravindran et al, 2018, 2017). Furthermore, nicorandil was shown to induce antioxidant activity and suppress ROS production, as evidenced by an increase in GSH, GR (Ravindran et al, 2018, 2017), GPx, SOD, and CAT (Ravindran et al, 2018), and a decrease in TBARS, MDA (Ravindran et al, 2018, 2017), and superoxide anion (Ravindran et al, 2017), leading to a reduction in aortic calcification (Ravindran et al, 2018, 2017).…”