"Theophylline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A methyl xanthine derivative from tea with diuretic, smooth muscle relaxant, bronchial dilation, cardiac and central nervous system stimulant activities. Theophylline inhibits the 3',5'-CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE that degrades CYCLIC AMP thus potentiates the actions of agents that act through ADENYLYL CYCLASES and cyclic AMP.
| Descriptor ID |
D013806
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.960.751 D03.633.100.759.758.824.751
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| Concept/Terms |
Theophylline- Theophylline
- 3,7-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione
- 1,3-Dimethylxanthine
- 1,3 Dimethylxanthine
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Theophylline" by people in Profiles.
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Colitis reduces short-circuit current response to inflammatory mediators in rat colonic mucosa. Inflammation. 1995 Apr; 19(2):245-59.
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Work in progress: radioprotection of human breast cancer cells by elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP. Radiology. 1983 Jul; 148(1):289-90.