Lec 12: Stimulating Beverages Flashcards
caffeine plant alkaloids structurally similar to
adenosine
adenosine
a chemical found in brain that leads to sedation
caffeine takes how many hours to wear off
15 mins
caffeine reaches peak levels in blood within
15 minutes of consumption
it takes ___ hours for caffeine to wear off in an infant
80 hours as they don’t have metabolism and body mass
how caffeine effects positive
- increases performance + endurance
- pain relieving effects
- raises dopamine
- could help parkinson’s disease
caffeine negative effects
- insomnia, nervousness, irritability, rapid heart beat
- release of adrenaline
- potential risk of rheumatoid arthritis
- possibility of infertility + birth defects
caffeine limit
no more than 400 mg / day
caffeine overdose is
600 mg
caffeine toxic dose:
750mg
fatal dose of caffeine:
5000 mg
coffee discovered in
africa
coffee plant discovered in africa when
goat appeared excited after eating
coffea arabic native to
highlands of Ethiopia
coffea canephora is native to
hotter and wetter lowlands of west Africa (congo)