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Carl G Persson

Per G Kjellin

Sten Hangkan Bergstrand

Lars M Sorenby

A method for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway disease or cardiac disease, characterized by the administration of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is n-propyl, n-butyl or isobutyl or a therapeutically acceptable salt thereof.

Method and pharmaceutical preparation for treating chronic obstructive

Compounds having activity against chronic obstructive airway disease or cardiac disease, characterized by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is n-propyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, n-pentyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexylmethyl, and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or methyl, provided that R.sup.2 is methyl when R.sup.1 is n-propyl, n-butyl or isobutyl, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof.

3-Alkylxanthines, composition and methods for the treatment of chronic

Composition and methods for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway

The invention refers to compounds having activity against chronic obstructive airway disease or cardiovascular disease, characterized by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, n-pentyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl, 2,2-dimethylpropyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexylmethyl, and R.sup.2 is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert. butyl, or cyclobutyl provided that R.sup.1 is ethyl when R.sup.2 is methyl, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also refers to processes for the preparation of these compounds, a pharmaceutical preparation containing one of the compounds and a method for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway disease and cardiovascular disease.

3,8-Dialkylxanthines

A method for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway disease or cardiac disease by administration 3-ethylxantine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical preparation containing 3-ethylxanthine.

Method for the treatment of chronic obstructive airway or cardiac

Compounds of the formula ##STR1## or physiologically acceptable salts thereof in which formula R.sup.1 is methyl, ethyl or n-propyl, R.sup.2 is methyl or n-propyl and R.sup.3 is ##STR2## methods for the preparation thereof; intermediates useful for their preparation; pharmaceutical preparations containing at least one of these compounds; and the use thereof in the treatment of allergy and bronchial asthma.

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Carl G Persson