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第6篇 Something in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK researchers. Their study found that theobromine (可碱) , found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine(可待因), which was considered the best cough medicine at present. The Imperial(皇家的;帝国的) College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effective cough treatment While coughing is not necessarily harmful it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem, said a professor. Ten healthy volunteers were given theobromine, codeine or placebo (安慰剂) ,a pill that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill, The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin（辣椒碱) ,which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicine are stopping coughs. The team found that, when the volunteers were given theobromine, the capsaicin need to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher levels of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo. The researchers said that theobromine worked by keeping down a nerve activity (神经活动),which cause coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects(不良反应;副作用) such as sleepiness. 英国研究人员(researcher)说，巧克力(chocolate)中的某种成分可用于止咳(cough)，并可用于生产更有效的(effective)药物。 他们研究发现，可可(cocoa)里所含的可可碱，其止咳疗效比目前(at present)被认为是最有效的止咳药的可待因还要高出约(nearly)三分之一。 英国伦敦皇家学院(college)的研究人员在网上发布了(publish)研究结果，他们认为这项发现(discovery)会带来(lead to)更有效的止咳治疗(treatment)。一位教授说；“虽然咳嗽不一定有害(harmful)，却有可能对生活的质量(quality)产生相当大的影响(effect)。这项发现是在这个问题的解决上向前(forward)迈出的一大步(a huge step)。” 在一次实验(experiment)中，研究人员给十名健康的(healthy)志愿者(volunteer)每人一片(pill)不含(not contain)西药成分的药片——可可碱、可待因或宽心丸。志愿者和研究人员都不(neither)知道志愿者各自得到的是何种