TY  - CHAP
AU  - Bianca Yadira Pérez-Sariñana
AU  - Sergio Saldaña-Trinidad
ED  - Jolanta Natalia Latosinska
ED  - Magdalena Latosinska
Y1  - 2017-06-21
PY  - 2017
T1  - Chemistry and Biotransformation of Coffee By-Products to Biofuels
N2  - Because of its ability to reduce tiredness, sleep deprivation and improve alertness, caffeine emerged in the twenty-first century as a miraculous specific, which allows humans to cross their normal physiological and psychological body limits. Its attractiveness comes from its natural origins and strong psycho-stimulating properties, with relatively weak side effects. Caffeine studies carry the hope to understand the associations between inherited genotype and drug action and to find highly personalized treatments for various diseases, more sophisticated drug delivery systems, safer ways of protecting plants and cheap, renewable fuels. This book consists of chapters covering caffeine history, methods of its determination and not only astonishing medicinal but also non-medicinal applications. It is our hope that every reader will find in this book something interesting, inspiring, informative and stimulating.
BT  - The Question of Caffeine
SP  - Ch. 7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.68598
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.68598
SN  - 978-953-51-3274-5
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-26
ER  -