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Ep. 159 Caffeine Pt 1: The Most Popular Psychoactive Drug in the World

Ep. 159 Caffeine Pt 1: The Most Popular Psychoactive Drug in the World

FromPetri Dish


Ep. 159 Caffeine Pt 1: The Most Popular Psychoactive Drug in the World

FromPetri Dish

ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

First episode of our two-parter on caffeine! For such a small and unassuming molecule, this drug is really popular, consumed all over the world for millennia! What is caffeine? How does it work? We'll even begin to discuss why some people are more sensitive to caffeine than other people.
References:

https://coffeeaffection.com/coffee-cherry/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750018303275
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1884944/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-021-01521-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-46931-0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41105-020-00276-8
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6947650/
https://www.nature.com/articles/1395880
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3368971
Released:
Aug 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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