What's the difference between caffeine and theine?
Caffeine
Definition:
(n.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.
Example Sentences:
(1) Blood was collected from pups and dams to determine its caffeine concentration.
(2) When caffeine evokes a contraction, and only then, crayfish muscle fibers become refractory to a second challenge with caffeine for up to 20 min in the standard saline (5 mM K(o)).
(3) As expected, chronic administration led to complete tolerance to caffeine's locomotor stimulant effect, while subchronic administration produced sensitization.
(4) Caffeine and 6-methylaminopurine riboside (6-N-methyladenosine differentially inhibit uptake of radioactivity from adenosine and inosine, and thus the vesicles apparently possess seperate transport systems for uptake of radioactivity from purine nucleosides and from uridine.
(5) The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) binding inhibitor, heparin, has no effect on ryanodine binding, and ryanodine and caffeine do not influence the binding of [3H]IP3, which is enriched in the cerebellar fractions.
(6) Post-labeling addition of 1 mM caffeine increased perpetuated blocks to a frequency of about 10% of the initial number of dimers in 4 h in XP16KO-II cells, but not in XP16KO-I and normal cells.
(7) Thus, in human lymphocytes the frequencies of chromatid aberrations induced by most clastogenic agents were strongly enhanced when caffeine was given during the G2 phase, but little affected by post-treatments with caffeine during the S phase.
(8) The Na(+)-induced Ca++ release from the sarcolemmal vesicles was stimulated with caffeine in a concentration-dependent manner; about 80% increase in the activity was observed at 0.1 mM caffeine.
(9) All other dietary constituents, such as protein, fiber, fluid, minerals (including Ca, Mg, Na, K, and P), and caffeine intake, were kept constant.
(10) All calcium, magnesium, and zinc contents per bone decreased in the 1- and 2-mg caffeine groups as compared to either controls or 0.5-mg caffeine group, whereas phosphorus stayed relatively constant regardless of the different levels of caffeine intake.
(11) In the presence of agents that inhibit sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) function (10 mM caffeine, 100-500 nM ryanodine), reduction of the [Na] gradient produced increases in contractile force similar to that observed in the absence of caffeine or ryanodine.
(12) On the basis of these findings, it is suggested that screening for malignant hyperpyrexia by in vitro pharmacological testing of skeletal muscle should be carried out at 37 degrees C, and should include exposure of the sample to halothane, caffeine, suxamethonium and potassium rather than to halothane alone.
(13) The mechanism responsible for the potentiated anti-inflammatory and mild analgesic activity of aspirin remains unknown since caffeine did not alter the plasma salicylate levels or prostaglandin synthetase inhibition produced by aspirin.
(14) Their pups continued to consume the caffeine diet until 50 days.
(15) The pups were divided into caffeine and noncaffeine groups.
(16) In this study, eight patients participated in a standardized protocol to assess the effects of caffeine on seizures in ECT.
(17) These patients may have an increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebral excitation associated with higher concentrations of caffeine, which could complicate withdrawal from alcohol.
(18) were elevated significantly (P less than 0.05 at 0.3, 0.6 and 1 h after injection) when caffeine 5 or 10 mg kg-1 i.v.
(19) This study supports the findings of others in that caffeine restriction is an effective means of management of breast pain associated with fibrocystic disease.
(20) Aminophylline and caffeine can mimic this effect; however, papaverine and 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine, at concentrations inhibitory to phosphodiesterase, are without effect on glucocorticoid receptor binding to DNA.
Theine
Definition:
(n.) See Caffeine. Called also theina.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the wake of her win, Aung San Suu Kyi has written to Min Aung Hlaing, the president, Thein Sein, and the parliamentary Speaker, Shwe Mann, requesting a meeting to discuss the election and “national reconciliation”, according to the National League for Democracy Facebook page.
(2) These data suggest that better experimental conditions are maintained in thein vivo preparations, since the intracellular potassium increase that follows the external potassium loading can only partially justify the observed differnce and other factors, such as anesthetic effects, etc, may be ruled out.
(3) Burmese president Thein Sein wants to "harmonise" the country and make it pure.
(4) In a televised addressed, Thein Sein said the violence had been fanned by hatred and the desire for revenge.
(5) In the months since the violence, Thein Sein's government has done little or nothing to investigate the killings and abuses and to hold people accountable for these crimes.
(6) The Guardian view on the ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi’s political ally | Editorial Read more In 2011 a nominally civilian government took over in Burma led by Thein Sein, who initiated political and economic reforms but has stopped short of challenging the military’s constitutionally protected role in politics.
(7) Thein Sein has conceded his country faced “trying times” in recent months, but claims to be doing his best to find “common solutions” in an ethnically diverse nation and construct a free society in league with democratic ideals.
(8) The November crackdown was the biggest use of force against protesters in Burma since Thein Sein's reformist government took office in March 2011.
(9) President Thein Sein said on Friday “the government and the military will respect and accept the results”.
(10) President Thein Sein introduced a series of measures reflecting his determination to turn over a new leaf and move towards democracy.
(11) Two days of violence in the city of Lashio have cast fresh doubt over whether President Thein Sein's government can or will act to contain the racial and religious intolerance plaguing a nation still struggling to emerge from half a century of military rule.
(12) Burma's president, Thein Sein, has declared a state of emergency in the region and deployed army troops to Meikhtila.
(13) Preacher of hate 1968 Wirathu is born in Kyaukse, near Mandalay 1984 Joins the monkhood 2001 Starts promoting his nationalist "969" campaign, which includes boycotting Muslim businesses 2003 Jailed for 25 years for inciting religious hatred after distributing anti-Muslim leaflets, leading to 10 Muslims being killed in Kyaukse 2010 Freed under a general amnesty June 2012 Violence breaks out between ethnic Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists in Rakhine state September 2012 Wirathu leads a rally of monks in support of President Thein Sein's proposal to send the Rohingya to a third country October 2012 More violence breaks out in Rakhine state March 2013 Inter-religious fighting in Meiktila sees 40 killed and nearly 13,000 displaced; "969" stickers and plaques distributed throughout Burma
(14) Myint Thein doesn’t have much time to talk, so he tells us the basics.
(15) There is nothing but a jagged line of splinters where Myint Thein’s teeth once stood – a painful reminder, he says, of the day he was beaten and sold on to a Thai fishing boat.
(16) The revelations come just a few days before Barack Obama’s second visit to Burma, and raises serious questions about the south-east Asia nation’s repeated claims of reform – an issue Obama brought up with the Burmese president, Thein Sein , in a recent telephone call.
(17) Sri Jegarajah (@cnbcSri) #BREAKING : #Myanmar ruling party Secretary General Maung Maung Thein says has been removed from his position, @Reuters reports August 13, 2015 The moves comes during a tussle for control of the USDP.
(18) We've not heard if Thein Sein has called Suu Kyi yet.
(19) "As prime minister Thein Sein was in charge of drafting the new constitution that legalised dictatorship," Farmaner said.
(20) In February Thein Sein appointed a 16-member committee to review the cases of inmates identified by opposition groups as prisoners of conscience.