TY - BOOK AU - Fredholm,Bertil B. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Methylxanthines T2 - Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, SN - 9783642134432 AV - RM1-950 U1 - 615 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Imprint: Springer KW - Medicine KW - Neurochemistry KW - Toxicology KW - Biochemistry KW - Biomedicine KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology KW - Medical Biochemistry N2 - 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 UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-13443-2 ER -