sedative-hypnotic

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

Gomisin N, isolated from Schisandra chinensis, produces beneficial sedative and hypnotic bioactivity. It has the potential for use in the treatment of allergy and inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in cancer.

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.

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)[1]. 2,2,2-trichloroethanol 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.