Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

desteinado

English translation:

decaffeinated

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Jan 26, 2006 11:18
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

desteinado

Spanish to English Other Food & Drink
This term refers to "Garden of Eden" tea and is like the word decaffeinated used for coffee. Does anyone know of any equivalent for teas in English, Thanks.

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decaffeinated

although I'd say the substance is theine, we say decaffeinated for tea in Eng.

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a little more info. (+ more available via the link...)


4. Is it true that tea has no caffeine/What is theine, theobromine, etc?

From "Principles of biochemistry", Horton and al, 1993.

Caffeine is sometimes called "theine" when it's in tea. This
is probably due to an ancient misconception that the active
constituent is different. Theophylline is present only in
trace amounts. It is more diuretic, more toxic and less
speedy.

Caffeine
1,3,7-trimethylxanthine
Theophylline
1,3-dimethylxanthine
Theobromine
3,7-dimethylxanthine

Coffee and tea contain caffeine and theophylline,
respectively, which are methylated purine derivatives that
inhibit cAMP phosphodiesterase. In the presence of these
inhibitors, the effects of cAMP, and thus the stimulatory
effects of the hormones that lead to its production, are
prolonged and intensified.

Theobromine and theophylline are two dimethylxanthines that have two
rather than three methyl groups. Theobromine is considerably weaker
than caffeine and theophylline, having about one tenth the stimulating
effect of either.

Theobromine is found in cocoa products, tea (only in very small
amounts) and kola nuts, but is not found in coffee. In cocoa, its
concentration is generally about 7 times as great as caffeine.
Although, caffeine is relatively scarce in cocoa, its mainly because
of theobromine that cocoa is "stimulating".

Theophylline is found in very small amounts in tea, but has a stronger
effect on the heart and breathing than caffeine. For this reason it is
often the drug of choice in home remedies for treating asthma
bronchitis and emphysema. The theophylline found in medicine is made
from extracts from coffee or tea.

http://nootropics.com/caffeine/faq.html
Peer comment(s):

agree tazdog (X)
19 mins
Thank you Cindy:)
agree Nikki Graham : or just decaf tea. It's what I drink all day...
52 mins
Thanks, Nikki:)
agree tangotrans
1 hr
Thank you tangotrans:)
agree Bart B. Van Bockstaele
1885 days
Thank you Bart :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "OK, many thanks, I was racking my brain trying to work out why I couldn't think of the word. Thank you everyone!"
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tannine free

another possibility if it is necessary to be really specific, but Rachel is right... see ref
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teine-free

Teine is the the name of the alkaloid contained in tea.
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decaff-tea

its the english word for it
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