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Methylxanthines - Bertil B. Fredholm

Methylxanthines

Buch | Softcover
XV, 559 Seiten
2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2011
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-50230-3 (ISBN)
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This volume of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology features contributions from recognized experts on the actions of different xanthines, focusing on caffeine and theophylline. There is a special chapter on theobromine, an active component of chocolate.

In the present volume of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology well known experts describe the actions of different xanthines with a focus on caffeine and theophylline. A special chapter is devoted to theobromine, an active component of chocolate, the actions of which are less well characterized. This book also presents the pharmacology of one xanthine derivative, propentofylline, as an example of a xanthine that has gone through extensive development for a novel therapeutic area.

From the contents: Brief history of methylxanthine use. Distribution of methylxanthines in plants with comments on possible evolutionary origins. Pharmakokinetics and metabolism of natural methylxanthines in animals and man. Phosphodiesterase inhibition. Ryanodine receptors and calcium. Adenosine receptor antagonism. Theobromine and the pharmacology of cocoa. Pentoxifylline. Propentofylline. Methylxanthines, seizures and excitotoxicity. Methylxanthines and neurodegenerative disease. Methylxanthines and pain. Methylxanthines during pregnancy and early postnatal life. Methylxanthines and sleep. Methylxanthines and the kidney. Cardiovascular effects of methylxanthines. Methylxanthines in asthma. Methylxanthine effects on inflammatory cells. Methylxanthines, inflammation and cancer. Methylxanthines and drug dependence. Methylxanthines and reproduction. Methylxanthines and human health. Epidemiological and experimental evidence.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
Zusatzinfo XV, 559 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 872 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pharmazie
Medizin / Pharmazie Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik)
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Biochemie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Schlagworte adenosine • Caffeine • Methylxanthines • Phosphodiesterase • Theophylline
ISBN-10 3-662-50230-5 / 3662502305
ISBN-13 978-3-662-50230-3 / 9783662502303
Zustand Neuware
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