Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Theobromine
An alkaloid of the xanthine family, a relative of caffeine, found mainly in cocoa and chocolate: it stimulates the heart, has a diuretic effect and relaxes vascular smooth muscle. It was discovered in cocoa beans in 1841 by the chemist A. Woskresensky. This family brings together the active ingredient.
Did you know?Its name comes from the cocoa genus, Theobroma, Greek for 'food of the gods'; despite the name, the molecule contains no bromine.
No product matches your search.
Need a molecule you cannot find?
Custom synthesis of impurities, metabolites and labelled compounds, with the same characterisation level.
