English Explanatory Dictionary

methylxanthine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of compounds, such as caffeine, formed through the methylation of xanthines.

Word forms

methylxanthine methylxanthines

Etymology

From methyl + xanthine.

Derived words

isobutylmethylxanthine methylxanthinic

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