hypnotic

Diphenhydramine hydrochloride (DPH) is a histamine H1 antagonist used as an antitussive and antiemetic. It is also used for pruritus and dermatoses, for hypersensitivity reactions, as an antiparkinson, a hypnotic, and as an ingredient in common cold preparations.

2,2,2-Trichloroethanol, the active form of the sedative hypnotic drug chloral hydrate, is an agonist for the nonclassical K2P channels TREK-1 (KCNK2) and TRAAK (KCNK4). It activates a nonclassical potassium channel in cerebrovascular smooth muscle and dilates the middle cerebral artery [1]. [1]. Nikhil K Parelkar, et al. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol Activates a Nonclassical Potassium Channel in Cerebrovascular Smooth Muscle and Dilates the Middle Cerebral Artery. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Mar;332(3):803-10.

Alloepipregnanolone is a pregnane with anesthetic, hypnotic, and sedative properties.

Polygalasaponin possesses evident anxiolytic and sedative-hypnotic activities and has a relatively safe dose range, which supports the use of Polygala tenuifolia root as an anxiolytic and sedative-hypnotic drug in folk medicine.

Gomisin N, isolated from Schisandra chinensis, exhibits sedative and hypnotic bioactivity. It has potential applications in allergy treatment and inhibits proliferation while inducing apoptosis in cancer cells.

Jujubosides have hypnotic effect on normal rats, may be influenced by circadian rhythm and the serotonergic system may involve in the hypnotic effect of jujubosides, jujubosides may be good source of lead compounds for novel hypnotics.