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Xanthinine

Xan"thi*nine\, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow + quinine.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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