Xanthosine, a molecule found in plants, was modified over time through evolutionary changes into caffeine (1,3,7 trimethylxanthine), a bitter neurotoxin.
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“a molecule in plants called xanthosine did. And over time, a few plants began to make a series of tweaks to their xanthosine molecules, eventually turning them into the bitter neurotoxin known as 1,3,7 trimethylxanthine”
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