Methylxanthines

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Methylxanthines
Methylxanthines
Author : Bertil B. Fredholm
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Language : English
Release Date : 22 September 2010
ISBN : 3642134432
Pages : 559 pages
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Methylxanthines by Bertil B. Fredholm Book PDF Summary

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.

Methylxanthines

Methylxanthines by Bertil B. Fredholm

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

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