Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PYRROLS
Noun
pyrrols
plural of pyrrol
Source: Wiktionary
PYRROL
Pyr"rol, n. Etym: [Gr. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Definition: A nitrogenous base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a deep red.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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