Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
NICOTINIC
Etymology
Adjective
nicotinic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to nicotine or nicotinic acid or its derivatives.
Of or pertaining to niacin.
Source: Wiktionary
Nic`o*tin"ic, a. (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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