Medical Definition of Methyl xanthine

1. Naturally occurring purine alkaloids such as theobromine, theophylline and caffeine (trimethyl xanthine). They inhibit cAMP phosphodiesterase and thus cause an increase in the intracellular cAMP concentration. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methyl Xanthine

methyl methyacrylate
methyl n-butyl ketone
methyl nicotinate
methyl orange
methyl parathion
methyl phenol
methyl radical
methyl red
methyl salicylate
methyl sterol oxidase
methyl sulfoxide reductase
methyl t-butyl ether
methyl tert-butyl ether
methyl tertiary butyl ether
methyl violet
methyl xanthine (current term)
methyl yellow
methylacetylene
methylacetylenes
methylacrylic acid
methyladenine
methyladenosine
methylal
methylals
methylamine
methylamine dehydrogenase
methylamines
methylamino
methylammonium
methylamphetamine

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