All About The Effects of Caffeine

Coffee, pop, tea, chocolate, wait loss pills and many other products contain caffeine but how many people know what it is or what its effect is?

First off caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a stimulant in humans. In other words caffeine xanthine is a purine bass. Purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound and heterocyclic are organic compounds that contain a ring structure containing atoms in addition to carbon, such as sulfur, oxygen or nitrogen, as part of the ring. Putting it simpler there is a mix of organic compounds and chemicals that make up one molecule (group of atoms) of caffeine (C8,H10,N4,O2) The number represents how many atoms of the particular atomic element that are in one molecule of caffeine. C=carbon, H=hydrogen, N=nitrogen and O=oxygen. Or you can simply call it: 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6,-dione "Caffeine is a plant alkaloid, found in numerous plant species, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding upon them. The most commonly used caffeine-containing plants are coffee, tea, and to a small extent cocoa. Other, less commonly used, sources of caffeine include the yerba mate and guaran� plants, which are sometimes used in the preparation of teas and energy drinks. Two of caffeine's alternative names, mateine and guaranine, are derived from the names of these plants. Some yerba mat� enthusiasts assert that mateine is a stereoisomer of caffeine, which would make it a different substance altogether. However, caffeine is an achiral molecule, and therefore has no stereoisomers."