Both theobromine and caffeine are decomposed by heating to 240° C.
The artificial preparation of theobromine and caffeine from xanthine, and guanine also show clearly their relations.
Mix the theobromine sodio-salicylate and the saccharin with the spirit of peppermint and permit the alcohol to evaporate.
It is commonly stated that during fermentation there is generated theobromine, the alkaloid which gives cacao its stimulating properties, but the estimation of theobromine in fermented and unfermented beans does not support this.
It will be seen from the above analysis that the cacao bean is rich in fats, carbohydrates and protein, and that it contains small quantities of the two stimulants, theobromine and caffein.
This is a very valuable chemical substance (see remarks in chapter on Food Value of Cocoa and Chocolate), and the extraction of theobromine from shell is already practised on a large scale, and promises to be a profitable industry.
The mild stimulating property which cocoa possesses is due to the presence of the two substances, theobromine and caffein.
The presence of theobromine is peculiar to cocoa, but caffein is a stimulating principle which also occurs in tea and coffee.
Euro aEurooeThe physiological effects oftheobromine are like caffeine but are obtained by smaller doses.
Of these the butter andtheobromine are the most important.
It is better to use the salt of the alkaloid, and that most frequently employed is the salicylate of soda and theobromine in doses of from 2 to 6 grams daily in solution or pill.
Gram has maintained that theobromine is a powerful diuretic operating when other diuretics fail and further that this effect is produced without injuring the heart.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theobromine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
