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the⋅o⋅bro⋅mine
[thee-uh-broh-meen, -min] 
əˈbroʊ
–noun Pharmacology.
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C7H8N4O2, an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator. |
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| the·o·bro·mine (thē'ō-brō'mēn') n. A bitter, colorless alkaloid, C7H8N4O2, derived from the cacao bean, found in chocolate products and used in medicine as a diuretic, vasodilator, and myocardial stimulant. [New Latin Theobrōma, genus of trees (Greek theo-, theo- + brōma, food) + -ine2.] |
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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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Main Entry: theo·bro·mine
Pronunciation: "thE-&-'brO-"mEn, -m&n
Function: noun
: a bitter alkaloidC7H8N4O2 closely related to caffeine that occurs especially in cacao beans and is used as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator
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theobromine the·o·bro·mine (thē'ō-brō'mēn')
n.
A bitter, colorless alkaloid found in chocolate products and used as a diuretic, vasodilator, and myocardial stimulant.
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| theobromine (thē'ō-brō'mēn') Pronunciation Key
A bitter, colorless alkaloid that occurs in the cacao bean, cola nuts, and tea. It is found in chocolate products and used in medicine as a diuretic, vasodilator, and myocardial stimulant. Theobromine is a xanthine and similar in structure to caffeine and theophylline. Chemical formula: C7H8N4O2. |
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theobromine
diuretic drug and major alkaloidal constituent of cocoa. Theobromine is a xanthine alkaloid, a methylxanthine, as are caffeine and theophylline, but it differs from them in having little stimulatory action upon the central nervous system. The stimulant effect of cocoa results from the caffeine that it contains rather than from the theobromine.
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