caffeine vs. theopylline

Sep 03, 2003 2 Replies

What is the exact diffrence between the effects of caffeine and theopylline ???


There is no difference. A short history lesson: caffeine was discovered 1820 in coffee. In the year 1838 it pointed out that theopylline (discovered 1827 in tea) is identically to caffeine.

Dominic

Nope. They're both methylated xanthines, but the chemical structure is slightly different.

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Lara

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