theophylline
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Molecular Structure
Detailed Description
IUPAC NAME-1,3-dimethyl-7H-purine-2,6-dione
MOLECULAR FORMULA-C7H8N4O2
MOLAR MASS-180.164 g/mol
relaxing bronchial smooth muscle
increasing heart muscle contractility and efficiency; as a positive inotropic
increasing heart rate: (positive chronotropic)[3]
increasing blood pressure
increasing renal blood flow
anti-inflammatory effects
central nervous system stimulatory effect mainly on the medullary respiratory center.

- theophylline