xanthine
(zan′thēn″ )

[ xantho- + -ine ]
A nitrogenous compound present in muscle tissue, liver, spleen, pancreas, and other organs, and in the urine. It is formed during the degradation of adenosine monophosphate to uric acid.
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Xanthine." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753715/all/dimethyl_xanthine.
Xanthine. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753715/all/dimethyl_xanthine. Accessed May 11, 2025.
Xanthine. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753715/all/dimethyl_xanthine
Xanthine [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753715/all/dimethyl_xanthine.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - xanthine
ID - 753715
ED - Venes,Donald,
BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary
UR - https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753715/all/dimethyl_xanthine
PB - F.A. Davis Company
ET - 25
DB - Nursing Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -