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Does coffee contain theophylline

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No, it is more or less found in tea (in drinkable brew: 1 mg/L) and in cocoa beans up to 4 mg/g in dry beans.

However it is one of the xanthinic breakdown products of caffeine (from coffee) metabolism in the liver (cf. Related links just below this question)

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Caffeine An alkaloid, formerly synthesized by methylation of theobromine isolated from cacao.

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