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Accession
CHEBI:27732
Name
caffeine
Ontology
Synonyms
1,3,7-trimethyl-3,7-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6-dione, CAFFEINE, Caffeine, caffeine, 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine, 1,3,7-trimethyl-2,6-dioxopurine, 1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione, 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, 1-methyltheobromine, 3,7-Dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purin-2,6-dion, 7-methyltheophylline, Coffein, Koffein, Thein, anhydrous caffeine, cafeina, cafeine, guaranine, mateina, methyltheobromine, teina, theine
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A trimethylxanthine in which the three methyl groups are located at positions 1, 3, and 7. A purine alkaloid that occurs naturally in tea and coffee. [source: unknown]
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Parents of caffeine (CHEBI:27732)
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caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  EC 3.1.4.* (phosphoric diester hydrolase) inhibitor (CHEBI:50218)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946)
caffeine [is_a relation] is_a  purine alkaloid (CHEBI:26385)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  adenosine A2A receptor antagonist (CHEBI:53121)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  mutagen (CHEBI:25435)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  adenosine receptor antagonist (CHEBI:71232)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  central nervous system stimulant (CHEBI:35337)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  diuretic (CHEBI:35498)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  human blood serum metabolite (CHEBI:85234)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  food additive (CHEBI:64047)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  adjuvant (CHEBI:60809)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  psychotropic drug (CHEBI:35471)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  EC 2.7.11.1 (non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase) inhibitor (CHEBI:50925)
caffeine [is_a relation] is_a  trimethylxanthine (CHEBI:27134)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  ryanodine receptor agonist (CHEBI:67114)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  xenobiotic (CHEBI:35703)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
caffeine [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)

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