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Purree :: Purree (n.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.

Theobromine :: Theobromine (n.) An alkaloidal ureide, C7H8N4O2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from Theobroma Cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine..

Phycoxanthin :: Phycoxanthin (n.) Alt. of Phycoxanthin.

Phylloxanthin :: Phylloxanthin (n.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.

Extractive :: Extractive (n.) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue..

Euxanthin :: Euxanthin (n.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow..

Xanthin :: Xanthin (n.) One of the gaseous or volatile decomposition products of the xanthates, and probably identical with carbon disulphide..

Xanthin :: Xanthin (n.) A yellow insoluble coloring matter extracted from yellow flowers; specifically, the coloring matter of madder..

Pyroxanthin :: Pyroxanthin (n.) A yellow crystalline hydrocardon extracted from crude wood spirit; -- called also eblanin.

Xanthinine :: Xanthinine (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like quinine..

Xanthic :: Xanthic (a.) Of or pertaining to xanthin.

Hypoxanthin :: Hypoxanthin (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin..

Frangulin :: Frangulin (n.) A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin..

Carnin :: Carnin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin..

Sarcin :: Sarcin (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

Sarkin :: Sarkin (n.) Same as Hypoxanthin.

Paraxanthin :: Paraxanthin (n.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine..

Ilixanthin :: Ilixanthin (n.) A yellow dye obtained from the leaves of the holly.

Eblanin :: Eblanin (n.) See Pyroxanthin.

Euxanthic :: Euxanthic (a.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin..

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