earthiness

Example Sentences

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For example, tea, coffee, and chocolate have purine-like compounds, called xanthines, and should be avoided by people with gout and kidney stones.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

He found that certain xanthines and albuminoids derived from decaying animal matter were the most effective for this purpose and induced more rapid cell proliferation than any other substances he was able to procure.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

These, together with xanthines, poisonous alkaloids and ptomaines, are formed during the processes of protein and starch digestion and in the breaking down and decay of cells and tissues.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

Another brake is supplied by the waste products of metabolism in the system, the uric acid, carbonic acid, oxalic acid, etc., and the many forms of xanthines, alkaloids, and ptomaines.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

I have repeatedly stated that xanthines have the same effect upon the system as uric acid.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry