Theobromine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theobromine \The`o*bro"mine\, n. (Chem.)
     An alkaloidal ureide, {C7H8N4O2}, homologous with and
     resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also
     extracted from cacao and chocolate (from {Theobroma Cacao})
     as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also
     {dimethyl xanthine}.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cacaine \ca*ca"ine\, n. (Chem.)
     The essential principle of cacao; -- now called
     {theobromine}.
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