The process of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/molsidomine" class="extiw" title="w:molsidomine">molsidomine</a> metabolism to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/linsidomine" class="extiw" title="w:linsidomine">linsidomine</a> (SIN-1), then to SIN-1A and finally to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nitric_oxide" class="extiw" title="w:nitric oxide">nitric oxide</a>, which has potent vasodilating properties.
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<cite class="book" style="font-style:normal">(in german) (2001) <i> Arzneimittelwirkungen</i> (8<sup>th</sup> ed.), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Stuttgart" class="extiw" title="w:en:Stuttgart"><span title="capital city of German federated state Baden-Württemberg">Stuttgart</span></a>:  Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 558  <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" class="extiw" title="en:International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a>:  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-8047-1763-2" title="Special:BookSources/3-8047-1763-2">3-8047-1763-2</a>. </small></cite>