Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to coffee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.
- adjective an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.
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Examples
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Again, it’s those antioxidants -- chlorogenic and caffeic acids -- and caffeine that might prevent liver inflammation and inhibit cancer cells.
EatingWell: 5 Health Reasons To Not Quit Coffee EatingWell 2011
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Again, it’s those antioxidants -- chlorogenic and caffeic acids -- and caffeine that might prevent liver inflammation and inhibit cancer cells.
EatingWell: 5 Health Reasons To Not Quit Coffee EatingWell 2011
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Three major compounds in coffee may provide beneficial effects: caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeine.
Suzanne O'Malley: Don't Worry, Drink Coffee: American Heart Month, Day 15 Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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Three major compounds in coffee may provide beneficial effects: caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeine.
Suzanne O'Malley: Don't Worry, Drink Coffee: American Heart Month, Day 15 Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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Three major compounds in coffee may provide beneficial effects: caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeine.
Suzanne O'Malley: Don't Worry, Drink Coffee: American Heart Month, Day 15 Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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The high water content makes it a natural moisturiser, while the ascorbic acid and caffeic acid in cucumbers prevent water retention puffy eyes and dark circles.
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Many veggies contain caffeic acid, which is a "suggestive" human carcinogen based on rat studies; if we eat lots of veggies, then maybe we'll get cancer.
Trevor Butterworth: Should California Ban Cancer-Causing Carrots? 2008
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The high water content makes it a natural moisturiser, while the ascorbic acid and caffeic acid in cucumbers prevent water retention puffy eyes and dark circles.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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And, lastly, there are the acids known as caffeo-tannic and caffeic acids, which are modified forms of tea tannin.
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And, lastly, there are the acids known as caffeo-tannic and caffeic acids, which are modified forms of tea tannin.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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