Lec 12: Stimulating Beverages Flashcards
1
Q
caffeine plant alkaloids structurally similar to
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adenosine
2
Q
adenosine
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a chemical found in brain that leads to sedation
3
Q
caffeine takes how many hours to wear off
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15 mins
4
Q
caffeine reaches peak levels in blood within
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15 minutes of consumption
5
Q
it takes ___ hours for caffeine to wear off in an infant
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80 hours as they don’t have metabolism and body mass
6
Q
how caffeine effects positive
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- increases performance + endurance
- pain relieving effects
- raises dopamine
- could help parkinson’s disease
7
Q
caffeine negative effects
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- insomnia, nervousness, irritability, rapid heart beat
- release of adrenaline
- potential risk of rheumatoid arthritis
- possibility of infertility + birth defects
8
Q
caffeine limit
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no more than 400 mg / day
9
Q
caffeine overdose is
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600 mg
10
Q
caffeine toxic dose:
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750mg
11
Q
fatal dose of caffeine:
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5000 mg
12
Q
coffee discovered in
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africa
13
Q
coffee plant discovered in africa when
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goat appeared excited after eating
14
Q
coffea arabic native to
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highlands of Ethiopia
15
Q
coffea canephora is native to
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hotter and wetter lowlands of west Africa (congo)
