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Xanthinol

A vasodilator derived from theophylline, used mainly as the nicotinate, a salt with niacin (vitamin B3), for disorders of cerebral and peripheral circulation and to lower blood lipids; it was patented in Germany in 1961. This family brings together other impurities.

Did you know?According to the proposed mechanism, the positively charged xanthinol part acts as a ferry for nicotinic acid, which on its own does not cross cell membranes freely.