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Caffeine Metabolism

  • Denaro C
  • Benowitz N
Humana Press, (1991), 513-539
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0421-3_19
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Abstract

Caffeine is probably the most commonly consumed drug in the world. Caffeine is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine (137X) and is metabolized by N-demethylation to dimethylxanthines (Fig. 1). All these compounds are pharmacologically active.1, 2 This chapter will describe the...

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Denaro, C. P., & Benowitz, N. L. (1991). Caffeine Metabolism. In Liver Pathology and Alcohol (pp. 513–539). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0421-3_19

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