Theophylline

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Molecule Structure

Scientific Name

Theophylline

Description of the Drug

Theophylline is a xanthine used to manage the symptoms of asthma, COPD, and other lung conditions caused by reversible airflow obstruction.

Source: DrugBank Online – DrugBank.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10 from
http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00277

Brand Name(s)

Accurbron, Aerolate, Aerolate iii, Aerolate jr, Aerolate sr, Aquaphyllin, Bronkodyl, Duraphyl, Elixicon, Elixomin, Elixophyllin, Elixophyllin sr, Labid, Lanophyllin, Lasma, Nuelin, Nuelin sa, Nuelin sa-250, Pro-vent, Quibron, Quibron-t, Quibron-t/sr, Respbid, Slo-bid, Slo-phyllin, Somophyllin-crt, Somophyllin-t, Sustaire, Theo-24, Theobid, Theobid jr., Theochron, Theocin, Theoclear-100, Theoclear-200, Theoclear-80, Theoclear l.a.-130, Theoclear l.a.-260, Theo-dur, Theograd, Theolair, Theolair-sr, Theolixir, Theophyl, Theophyl-225, Theophylline, Theophylline-sr, Theophyl-sr, Theovent, T-phyl, Uni-dur, Uniphyl, Uniphyllin continus

Company Owner(s)

Halsey Drug Co Inc, Watson Laboratories Inc, Ascot Hosp Pharmaceuticals Inc Div Travenol Laboratories Inc, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals Lp, Nostrum Pharmaceuticals Llc, Rp Scherer North America, Heritage Pharma Labs Inc Dba Avet Pharmaceuticals Labs Inc, Monarch Pharmaceuticals Inc, Forest Laboratories Inc, Roerig Div Pfizer Inc

Mechanism(s) Of Action

Target Name Target Type Action Type Target ChEMBL ID
Phosphodiesterase 3 PROTEIN FAMILY INHIBITOR CHEMBL2094125
Phosphodiesterase 4 PROTEIN FAMILY INHIBITOR CHEMBL2093863
Adenosine receptor PROTEIN FAMILY ANTAGONIST CHEMBL2111329

Unichem Links

Atlas theophylline
SureChEMBL SCHEMBL4915
PharmGKB PA451647
Human Metabolome Database HMDB0001889
DrugBank DB00277
PubChem: Thomson Pharma 14772732
PubChem 2153
Mcule MCULE-8236489917
NMRShiftDB 30095493
LINCS LSM-6010
Nikkaji J2.333G
PDBe TEP
BindingDB 10847 82053
EPA CompTox Dashboard DTXSID5021336
DrugCentral 2620
Metabolights MTBLC28177
Brenda 1221 23386
Rhea 28177
ChemicalBook CB24848488 CB1145351 CB4285388 CB74849804 CB42741934
Guide to Pharmacology 413
rxnorm ELIXOPHYLLIN THEO-24 THEOPHYLLINE ANHYDROUS AMINOPHYLLINE OXTRIPHYLLINE THEOPHYLLINE
KEGG Ligand C07130
ChEBI 28177
ZINC ZINC000018043251