Serotonine bedoel je?
Nah niet echt, chocolade maakt wel wat serotonine vrij, maar niet echt veel.
Chocolate Chemistry
by Erowid
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Cocoa beans contain a variety of chemicals, with the primary psychoactive components being theobromine (about 1% of total weight) and caffeine (<.1%). Other chemicals include serotonin, histamine, salsolinol, methyltetrahydroisoquinoline, phenethylamine, telemethylhistamine, spermidine, p-tyramine,3-methyloxytyramine, tryptamine, and spermine. (from Biochemist, Apr/May 1993, p 15, as read from Chocolate, Melting the Myth)
NAME : Theobromine
CHEMICAL NAME : 3,7-Dihydro-3,7-dimethyle-1H-prine-2,6-dione
ALTERNATE CHEMICAL NAMES : 3,7-dimethylxanthine
CHEMICAL FORMULA C7H8N4O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT 180.17
From the Merck Index 12th Edition
Chris