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cafeína
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
For example, 0.100 grams of caffeine yield by combustion, by weight, 0.180 grammes of carbonic acid.
Hitherto, in consequence of its slight solubility, caffeine has been administered hypodermically only in very small doses ; in fact, at the ordinary temperature, it requires 93 par…
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