Caffeine is a stimulant to the nervous system. A stimulant is a type of drug that creates a false sense of energy. Some kids can be sensitive to caffeine and have a “crash.” This means someone, most likely, consumed in too much caffeine at once and your body clears out that caffeine out of your system, so all of the energy someone just had, drained out of their body and is now having a “crash.” Your body quickly absorbs caffeine but it also rids itself of the caffeine quickly.…
In Michelle Crouch’s and Mary Kate Frank’s article,“Caffeine Overload?” from Junior Scholastic , they argue that caffeine is harmful and shouldn’t be advertised to minors. The author claims that caffeine is dangerous because, it can cause tiredness, decreased brain development, hyperactivity and other serious problems for health, especially for young people. The FDA was asked to require safety warnings on energy drinks, showing again how serious this problem is.…
The results from this experiment show that caffeine can be extracted from a tea bag due to solubility properties of the natural substances found in tea. The two major substances that the caffeine was separated from are cellulose and tannins. Due to the insolubility of cellulose in water, it was easily extracted. Tannins are soluble in water but were neutralized with sodium carbonate to produce water-soluble salts. Caffeine is soluble in methylene chloride which allowed separation of tannins from caffeine because water-soluble salts are insoluble in methylene chloride.…
Caffeine is the most widely used as a CNS Stimulant (Astrid Nehlig,1992). Natural source of caffeine is found in more than 60 plants species such as coffee (Coffea robusta/arabica), tea (Camellia sinensis), cocoa (Theobroma cacao), guarana (Paullinia cupana), yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) and kola nut(Cola nitida/acuminata) (Haskell,2013; Smith et al., 2007 ). In the United states it has been estimated that the overall caffeine consumption in adult population is 4mg/kg per day (Hechman,2010). The mechanism of action of caffeine is nonselective inhibition of adenosine receptors and phosphodiesterase which increase the level of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin and causes CNS stimulation[Haskell,2013; DRUGDEX System Micromedex 2.0.…
Nevertheless, there were also problems associated with the extraction of caffeine such as, the emulsions when I was undergoing the practical my main key was to avoid emulsions because, emulsions can cause a delay in the separation of two liquids , therefore shaking the solution must be avoided because it is the cause. Furthermore, another source of errors is tannins being extracted, which would result in there not being a pure sample of caffeine. The principle of caffeine extraction is a method that is used for the separation of organic compound from a mixture of compound. The organic solvent dichloromethane, is used in the extraction of caffeine to extract caffeine from aqueous extract caffeine of tea powder ad caffeine is more soluble in…
Rachel Slee Mrs. Zamiara Honors Chemistry 9 March 2017 Chemistry of Caffeine Caffeine, or trimethylxanthine, is a compound in the alkaloid group. This compound forms its specific shape through the combination of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen and is most commonly found naturally in tea, coffee, and cacao. It can also be synthetically made to be put into several energy drinks, or other caffeinated beverages. Caffeine is a polar molecule because the oxygen and nitrogen molecules within the compound have a stronger polarity than the carbon.…
Caffeine, medically known as trimethylxanthine, is a cardiac stimulant as well as a mild diuretic. When absorbing caffeine into your body it works the same way as taking an addictive drug such as cocaine or heroine. On the inside the body caffeine connects to a nerve cell to be the same as adenosine, and is able to bind to the adenosine receptor. Although adenosine slows down the cell’s activity, caffeine blocks the receptors and speeds up the cell.…
Caffeine is the perfect drug for the twenty first century world where everyone has their own race to win. One has to push oneself to the limit to achieve something, resulting in stress and exhaustion. Caffeine emerges as the drug to overcome stress, exhaustion and keep going that extra mile. Moreover caffeine is easily available and legal. There are many sources of caffeine readily available in the market, the major ones are coffee and energy drinks.…
The drinks we have chosen for our project is water which will be our constant, sweet tea because it is a common drink in the south, and soda, which we will be using Dr.Pepper because it was the class favorite. Sweet tea contains 0.106 mg caffeine per ml of liquid, Dr. Pepper contains 0.116 mg caffeine per ml of liquid, and water contains 0.000 mg caffeine per ml of liquid. This means that the Dr. Pepper contains the most caffeine of the three drinks we have chosen ( Sinclair and Geiger, 2000). Caffeine “is a stimulant of the central…
Introduction: Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world. Humans thrive off of caffeine and its effects by drinking coffees, teas, and sodas. Used for its addictive stimulating nature, caffeine is said to alleviate the morning grogginess, increase alertness, and also improve memory and focus. This stimulant is one that some humans truly can’t live without, but why is that? Adenosine, a depressant hormone responsible for sleep regulation and decreased nerve activity, is constantly secreted into the bloodstream throughout the day.…
Caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world. Millions of people consume caffeine, in various forms, daily in order to feel more energized, but when consumed in amounts that are out of proportion, the effects can be counterproductive or dangerous. Caffeine is both a natural and man made substance that is classified as a drug, food additive, and stimulant of the central nervous system. Its chemical classification is Xanthines because it 's derived from the purine base Xanthine. Xanthine consists of a group of naturally occurring agents that act on the central nervous system.…
Our society is becoming engrossed with caffeine and many people are falling ill to its unnoticed negative properties. It’s important to watch how much caffeine intake your body is receiving each day in the foods and drinks you consume. Caffeine is not a bad drug but be careful to watch for symptoms of withdrawal and caffeine intoxication. It can be dangerous for your body if to much stress is put on it. Remember, there is always decaffeinated options and sometimes these are the best to keep your body…
To most of us, our daily coffee, tea or Diet Coke routine is as automatic as breathing. Sure, we know that the stimulating effect of caffeine is part of the equation, but most of us have no idea of the side effects of caffeine are nor how profoundly our buzz of choice has affected our brains. In its purest form, caffeine would be indistinguishable from cocaine and would only take a teaspoon of it to kill you. Now for most of us, our mild addictions won’t put our lives at risk, but this leads to some worries as to how our simple morning coffee affects the chemical make-up of our brain and, subsequently, the future generations. How can caffeine affect me if I take too much?…
It has been shown that caffeine is chemically addictive (Stromberg) . Many people don’t even realize how addicted they are to caffeine until they are forced to go without it and experience withdrawal…
Extraction of Caffeine from Tealeaves Rosheen Villaraza, Dana Young, Dana Yu*, and Ray Zafra Department of Biological Studies, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines Abstract Experiment 3 highlights the separation of caffeine from tea leaves and using chromatography for testing its purity. Extraction is a method of separating the desired from the undesired substance in a mixture through the solubility properties of the substances. In the experimental extraction, Camellia sinensis was used and extracted with CH2Cl2, 6M NaOH, and NaS04 which yielded 0.0258g or 0.25% caffeine. Water boiling point is 100℃ while caffeine boiling point is 178℃. Extracted caffeine was tested to be pure through a comparison with a pure caffeine in the method…