Chapter 11 - Caffeine

Question 1

Caffeine

Answer 1

A xanthine stimulant found in coffee, tea, chocolate, soft drinks, and several medications.

Question 2

Xanthines

Answer 2

A family of CNS stimulant drugs that includes caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine.

Question 3

Theobromine

Answer 3

A xanthine stimulant found in chocolate.

Question 4

Theophylline

Answer 4

A xanthine stimulant found in small amounts in tea. It is used as an anti asthma medication.

Question 5

Coffee Arabica

Answer 5

A type of coffee bean native to the Middle East but now grown principally in South America. It is typically referred to simply as arabica.

Question 6

Coffea Robusta

Answer 6

A type of coffee bean grown principally in Indonesia, Brazil, and Africa.

Question 7

Camellia Sinensis

Answer 7

The plant from which tea leaves are obtained.

Question 8

Cocoa Bean Pods

Answer 8

Parts of the cacao tree that are the raw material for cocoa and chocolate. Not to be confused with coca, the source of cocaine.

Question 9

Cocoa Butter

Answer 9

The fat content of the cocoa bean.

Question 10

Chocolate Liquor

Answer 10

A deep-colored paste made when roasted cocoa beans are heated so that the cocoa butter in the beans melts.

Question 11

Baking Chocolate

Answer 11

A hardened paste, consisting of chocolate liquor, produced by heating roasted cocoa beans.

Question 12

Adenosine

Answer 12

An inhibitory neurotransmitter that is blocked, or neutralized, by caffeine and other xanthines. The action on adenosine receptors in the body is the basis for the stimulant properties of these drugs.

Question 13

Caffeinism

Answer 13

A dangerous state of overstimulation from a very large dose of caffeine.