Theobromine and the pharmacology of cocoa

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2011, Pages 201-234

  Smit, Hendrik Jan ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Cocoa; Comparative; Craving; Liking; Myths; Pharmacology; Psychology; Theobromine; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CAFFEINE; DRONABINOL; MAGNESIUM; PHENETHYLAMINE; PLACEBO; SALSOLINOL; SEROTONIN; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRYPTOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYRAMINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASTHMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHITIS; CACAO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOPING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG UPTAKE; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHORIA; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVOUSNESS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPECIES COMPARISON; TACHYCARDIA; TERATOGENICITY; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC AMINES; CACAO; CAFFEINE; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; THEOBROMINE;

EID: 77957553531     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13443-2_7     Document Type: Review

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