A white crystalline powder, odourless or with a faint amine-like odour. It contains between 41.9% and 43.6% of choline and between 61.7% and 65.5% of theophylline, each calculated with reference to the dried substance.
Xanthines
Diprophylline
Freely soluble in water slightly soluble in alcohol. A white, odourless, amorphous or crystalline solid. Freely soluble in water sparingly soluble in alcohol and in chloroform practically insoluble in ether.
Aminophylline
It contains 84.0 to 87.4% of anhydrous theophylline and 13.5 to 15.0% of anhydrous ethylenediamine. A white or slightly yellowish powder, sometimes granular.
Caffeine
Sparingly soluble in water freely soluble in boiling water slightly soluble in dehydrated alcohol. It dissolves in concentrated solutions of alkali benzoates or salicylates.
Theophylline. Uses. Preparations
Theophylline is a xanthine and relaxes bronchial smooth muscle, relieves bronchospasm, and has a stimulant effect on respiration. It stimulates the myocardium and CNS, decreases peripheral resistance and venous pressure, and causes diuresis.