Caffeine

the amount of caffeine individuals intake after consuming one these caffeinated drinks. Although many people consume caffeine to get through their day, the negative impact their daily consumption can have on their overall health, fails to be a cause for concern. Considered the "most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world," caffeine is described as a naturally occurring "bitter" substance that is present in over 60 plant sources;…

How does caffeine affect plant growth? Caffeine, also known as trimethylxanthine, has the chemical formula C8H10N4O2 (Francis Agyemang and Sylvester Yaw Oppong, 2013). In humans, caffeine acts as a stimulant at low doses by blocking the A2A receptor but acts as a depressant at higher doses by blocking the A1 receptor (Yacoubi and Ledent et al, 2000). In other words, when people drink low doses of caffeine it wakes them up and makes them more alert, on the other hand, higher doses of caffeine has…

to drugs, so I stopped drinking and eating caffeinated products for a week instead. Caffeine is considered a stimulant drug that speeds up messages between the brain and the body. It can be found in various products such as Coffee, soda, energy drinks, teas, protein bars, ice-cream, yogurts, etc. As with many drugs there are health advantages and disadvantages with continual use. Researchers have found that Caffeine can help improve short-term memory, may also prevent type 2 diabetes,…

#1 Stimulants Describe the impact of caffeine on the human experience (physical & psychological; positive & negative). Please also share, to your own level of comfort, the role caffeine plays in your own life. Remember to include citations. It is surprisingly to learn that in 1970, Americans drank more coffee than any other nonalcoholic beverage (Hart, p. 251). Caffeine originated from two ingredients the cocaine leaves and the kola nuts. According to a study conducted from the Harvard public…

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…

Caffeine, a miracle drug, has been around globally for thousands of years. Society is continuously talking about how addicted to caffeine the American population is, but how exactly does it affect the human body? Caffeine may not seem like it can do anything harmful to your body, but I want to push you to think harder on how much caffeine you consume daily, how it affects your body, and maybe even consider cutting back on your daily intake. We all know what caffeine is, but if asked to…

causes of addiction. Caffeine is the most widely consumed legal drug that is known world wide in today’s society (). When many of us think hear or think about the term caffeine the first thought that may come to mind is a type of beverage. Needless to say caffeine is known to be in plants, beans, fruits, chocolate, coffees and teas which caused the consumption of caffeine to be very high (). Research has shown that colllege students are more than likely to consume caffeine due to busy…

Isolation of Caffeine from Teabags Purpose: The purpose of the lab is to separate caffeine from the teabags by using three techniques, extraction, recrystallization, and melting point determination. Procedure: 1. In the first step we have to brew a very strong cup of tea. Bring in two tea bags from home. Bring about 100 ml of water to boil in a 150 ml beaker. Add about tip of spatula full of sodium carbonate. Place the tea bags in the boiling water and let them steep for 7 - 10 minutes…

was conducted as part of our stage 1 psychology unit on brain and behaviour where we explored the effects of caffeine on the reaction time of participants. Research surrounding caffeine is important to know the effects Caffeine affects the human body by increasing alertness and reduces fatigue as a result of stimulating the brain. In this experiment, the independent the amount of caffeine subjected to each individual in each group and the dependent variable was the reaction time tested and…

a coffee addiction. “A study published in the Journal of Caffeine Research in 2013 coauthored by Laura Juliano, Ph.D., a psychology professor at American University in Washington, D.C, "indicates that more people are dependent on caffeine to the point that they suffer withdrawal symptoms and are unable to reduce caffeine consumption even if they have another condition that may be impacted by caffeine”(3). “The negative effects of caffeine are often not recognized as such because it is a socially…