Caffeine

Caffeine, also known as trimethylxanthine, coffeine, theine, mateine, guaranine, methyltheobromine and 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, is a xanthine alkaloid found naturally in such foods as coffee beans, tea, kola nuts, Yerba mate, guarana berries, and (in small amounts) cacao beans. For the plant, caffeine acts as a natural pesticide since it paralyzes and kills some of the insects that attempt to feed on the plant.

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Xanthine - Alkaloid - Coffee - Tea - Kola nut - Yerba mate - Guarana - Cacao - Pesticide - Insect

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Caffeine's main pharmacological properties are: a stimulant action on the central nervous system with psychotropic effects and stimulation of respiration, a stimulation of the heart rate, and a mild diuretic effect.

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Pharmacological - Stimulant - Central nervous system - Psychotropic - Respiration - Heart rate - Diuretic

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