Coffee - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Good news for coffee addicts.

30 May 2009 Whether it's a basic Mr. Coffee or a gadget that sports a snazzy device for grinding beans on demand, the office coffee machine offers a place for serendipitous encounters that can improve the social aspect of work and generate new ideas. What's ... Read more...

Alcohol, coffee, and bladder cancer risk: a review of epidemiological studies.

30 Jan 2009 The objective was to review epidemiological studies that evaluated the association between consumption of coffee and alcohol and urinary bladder cancer. We searched the Medline database for observational studies of bladder neoplasms that included ... Read more...

Limitations to photosynthesis in coffee leaves from different canopy positions.

22 May 2008 Limitations to photosynthesis were explored in leaves from four canopy positions of field-grown, unshaded coffee (Coffea arabica L.), a tropical tree species classified as shade-obligatory. Overall, compared to shade (lower) leaves, sun (upper) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Coffee - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Good news for coffee addicts. 30 May 2009
• Alcohol, coffee, and bladder cancer risk: a review of epidemiological studies. 30 Jan 2009
• Coffee: a connection to good health? 29 Sep 2008
• Limitations to photosynthesis in coffee leaves from different canopy positions. 22 May 2008
• Clusters of ant colonies and robust criticality in a tropical agroecosystem. 22 Jan 2008
• Effect of coffee ingestion on physiological responses and ratings of perceived exertion during submaximal endurance exercise. 29 Nov 2007
• Morphological and physiological responses of two coffee progenies to soil water availability. 6 Feb 2007
• Euglossine bees as potential bio-indicators of coffee farms: does forest access, on a seasonal basis, affect abundance? 29 Nov 2006
• Orchid bees as bio-indicators for organic coffee farms in Costa Rica: does farm size affect their abundance? 30 Aug 2006
• Phenol contents, oxidase activities, and the resistance of coffee to the leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella. 10 Aug 2006
• Polyphenoloxidase activity in coffee leaves and its role in resistance against the coffee leaf miner and coffee leaf rust. 20 Dec 2005
• [Falling asleep disorders after taking coffee?] 18 May 2005
• [Orchids from coffee-plantations in mexico: an alternative for the sustainable use of tropical ecosystems] 27 Feb 2005
• Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among middle-aged Finnish men and women. 8 Mar 2004
• Coffee consumption and insulin sensitivity. 8 Mar 2004
• [No cold coffee--medical effects of coffee as hotly discussed formerly as today] 8 Sep 2003
• Natural decaf could brew trouble for farmers. 5 Aug 2003
• The effects of coffee on enzymes involved in metabolism of the dietary carcinogen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine in rats. 13 Jun 2003
• The power of the perk. Understanding the health effects of caffeine. 30 Jul 2002
• The value of bees to the coffee harvest. 11 Jun 2002

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Technical information about 'Coffee'

Definition: A beverage made from ground COFFEA beans (SEEDS) infused in hot water. It generally contains CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE unless it is decaffeinated.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D003069

Alternative terms: Coffee;

Related Mesh Headings: Caffeine; Chicory; Coffea;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; anatomy & histology; classification; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; genetics; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; toxicity; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology; economics; history; supply & distribution; standards;

Tree Number: D20.215.784.249; J02.200.325;

Technical Notes: for the plant use COFFEA