Xanthinine

Xanthinine
Xanthinine Xan"thi*nine, n. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow + quinine.] (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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