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XanthineXanthines are a group of alkaloids that are commonly used for their effects as mild stimulants and as bronchodilators, notably in treating the symptoms of asthma. They include caffeine, theophylline, theobromine (found mainly in chocolate), and mateine. Xanthine oxidaseThe enzyme xanthine oxidase or XO (bovine milk enzyme is PDB , E. 22) catalyzes the oxidation of hypoxanthine to xanthine and can further catalyze the oxidation of xanthine to uric acid: hypoxanthine + O xanthine + HO xanthine + O + 2HO uric acid + 2HO Th XanthippeXanthippe was the wife of Socrates. There are far more stories about her than there are facts. She is believed to have been much younger than the philosopher, perhaps by as much as forty years. She was famed for her sharp tongue and is said to have been t XanthippusXanthippus was a Greek (possibly Spartan) mercenary general hired by the Carthaginians to aid in their war against the Romans during the First Punic War. He trained Carthaginian soldiers and led them into the battle of Tunis, where Carthaginian forces rou XanthiXanthi is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery.