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Xanthines

Known as: Xanthines [Chemical/Ingredient], xanthine 
Purine bases found in body tissues and fluids and in some plants.
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1,3-diallyl-8-cyclohexylxanthine1,3-dimethyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine1,3-dipropyl-7-methylxanthine1,3-dipropyl-8-phenylxanthine

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Central Nervous System StimulantsPurinones
In BloodMethylxanthine [EPC]PentoxifyllinePentoxifylline 400 MG Extended Release Oral Tablet

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2002
2002
CAFFEINE AND OTHER XANTHINES AS CYTOCHEMICAL BLOCKERS AND REMOVERS OF HETEROCYCLIC DNA INTERCALATORS FROM CHROMATIN
Caffeine (CAF) and other xanthines non‐covalently bind with the cationic fluorescent dye acridine orange (AO) and with other… 
1996
1996
Substituted xanthines, pteridinediones, and related compounds as potential antiinflammatory agents. Synthesis and biological evaluation of inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor alpha.
A series of analogues of pentoxifylline metabolites were prepared in the purine, pteridine, [1,2,5]-thiadiazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine… 
1991
1991
Pharmacology of Anti-Asthma Xanthines
The xanthine drugs are clinically effective in asthma. In select patients they produce therapeutc effects which cannot be… 
1983
1983
Positive Inotropic and Chronotropic Effects and Coronary Vasodilation In Vitro by Two Antiasthmatic Xanthines with Different Abilities to Antagonize Adenosine
The direct actions and the ability to antagonize adenosine of theophylline (1,3-dimethylxanthine) and enprofylline (3… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Seizure activity in animals given enprofylline and theophylline, two xanthines with partly different mechanisms of action.
Theophylline, that is a potent adenosine receptor antagonist, and enprofylline (3-propylxanthine), that seems to lack antagonism… 
1980
1980
Xanthines and necrotising enterocolitis.
I should like to state the feelings of Portuguese paediatricians about Dr Douglas Gairdner, who came several times to Portugal… 
1974
1974
The aggregation of rabbit polymorphonuclear leucocytes: effects of antimitotic agents, cyclic nucleotides and methyl xanthines.
SUMMARY The aggregation of rabbit peritoneal exudate polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) was investigated by following total… 
1965
1965
EFFECT OF NATURALLY OCCURRING XANTHINES ON BACTERIA. I. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION AND POTENTIATING EFFECT ON ANTIBIOTIC SPECTRA.
The effect of xanthines on various microorganisms was studied. The antibacterial effect was not high; most of the test organisms… 
1965
1965
EFFECT OF XANTHINES AND HISTAMINE ON ION TRANSPORT AND RESPIRATION BY FROG GASTRIC MUCOSA.
In standard chloride solutions, methyl xanthines enhanced ion transport and oxygen consumption by frog gastric mucosa in vitro to… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Studies on uric acid and related compounds. III. Observations on the specificity of mammalian xanthine oxidases.
Xanthine oxidase (X0) has been thoroughly studied by many investigators and the range of possible substrates of this enzyme is… 
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