mateine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Caffeine extracted from maté plant. uncountable
    — Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a stimulant in humans. Caffeine is sometimes called guaranine when found in guarana, mateine when found in mate, and theine when found in tea.
  2. A hypothetical xanthine alkaloid said to be found in maté, supposed to resemble caffeine. uncountable
    — Unlike tea and coffee, however, it does not contain caffeine. Instead, its main active ingredient is a xanthine alkaloid known as mateine.

词源

Either a blend of maté + caffeine, or from maté + -ine.
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