Theacrine, a special purine alkaloid with sedative and hypnotic properties from Cammelia assamica var. kucha in mice

Journal of Asian Natural Products Research

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 665-672

  Xu, Jie Kun ^a   Kurihara, Hiroshi ^b   Zhao, Liang ^b   Yao, Xin Sheng ^a,b  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulatory activity; Camellia assamica var. kucha; Forced swimming test; Pentobarbital induced sleep; Theacrine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; PENTOBARBITAL; THEACRINE; THEOBROMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; MOBILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; PURINES; TEA;

CAMELLIA ASSAMICA; MUS;

EID: 35349000794     PISSN: 10286020     EISSN: 14772213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286020601103155     Document Type: Article

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