xanthin

American  

[zan-thin] / ˈzæn θɪn /

noun

1. the part of the coloring matter in yellow flowers that is insoluble in water.

2. a yellow coloring matter in madder.

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xanthin British  

/ ˈzænθɪn /

noun

1. any of a group of yellow or orange carotene derivatives that occur in the fruit and flowers of certain plants

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Etymology

Origin of xanthin

1830–40; < French xanthine or < German Xanthin. See xantho-, -in ²

Example Sentences

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xanthin

Leucin, tyrosin, lithic acid, lithates, xanthin, cystin, keratin, sulphureted hydrogen, etc., are deposits in the urine and are signs of the derangement of the intestinal canal and liver.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)

The xanthin group is almost without any excitatory action, and its metabolic end products are constant.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

When thus taxed all other toxic substances including uric acid and the xanthin bodies pass through the liver unoxidized to appear in the urine.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

The chief of these products are adenin, guanin, hypoxanthin, xanthin, and uric acid.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

I read in another that we might as well eat poison, so full were they, too, of qualities ending in xanthin poison.

From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von