Theanine
Chemical Name: N-Ethyl-L-glutamine
Biological Activity
Amino acid analog of glutamine and component of green tea. Shown to bind to AMPA, Kainate, NMDA and group I mGlu receptors. Displays neuroprotective effects in vivo. Promotes self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells (hESC).Technical Data
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Background References
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High-throughput screening assay for the identification of compounds regulating self-renewal and differentiation in human embryonic stem cells.
Desbordes SC, Placantonakis DG, Ciro A, Socci ND, Lee G, Djaballah H, Studer L
Cell Stem Cell, 2008;2(6):602-12. -
Inhibition by theanine of binding of [3H]AMPA, [3H]kainate, and [3H]MDL 105,519 to glutamate receptors.
Kakuda et al.
Biosci.Biotechnol.Biochem., 2002;66:2683 -
Theanine prevents memory impairment induced by repeated cerebral ischemia in rats.
Egashira et al.
Phytother.Res., 2008;22:65 -
Possible involvement of group I mGluRs in neuroprotective effect of theanine.
Nagasawa et al.
Biochem.Biophys.Res.Comm., 2004;320:116
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