- The main ingredients of chocolate are caffeine, phenylethylamine, theobromine and theophylline.
- Feeding with waste Chocolate led to fatal poisoning in calves.
- The animals showed excitement, stared about in all di rections, walked with exaggerated strides and had convulsions.
- One calf died, possibly from heart failure.
- Allen noted, “In explaining the nutritive value of Cacao, we must take into account the presence in this substance of a special alkaloid, theobromin, whose physiological effects are identical with those of caffeine and thein.
- “Which, retarding the organic waste in the same way as the active principles of coffee and tea, place Cacao high up among the preservative substances or those that check tissue-waste.” “By placing ourselves under the influence of a decoction highly charged with aromatic principles and made from powdered Cacao well roasted, we ascertained that this beverage produces an excitement of the nervous system similar to that caused by a strong infusion of black coffee.
- “Since these effects are insignificant if a decoction of the raw bean is employed.
- It is natural to attribute them to the aromatic essences that are developed in the Cacao by the process of roasting.
- A still wider differen ce is observed when we compare the effects on the circulation respectively produced by a decoction of powdered Cacao roasted and one of the same substance in a crude state.
- “The former case indicated an excitement of the circulation, as shown by an acceler ated pulse, with an increased fullness and diminished arterial pressure.
- “When, on the other hand, an infusion of the raw bean is made use of, the action of the theobromin predominates and an entirely different character of pulse is the result, as may be placed beyond doubt by examining the results, obtained from a single individual.” Causation - Damp.
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