LAKSHMI NARAYANA VIDYANIKETHAN

SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

(Affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi
Affiliation No: 930368)
Palappuram, Ottapalam Kerala - 679103

BIOLOGY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

ON COFFEE ADDICTION

Done By
V. HARIKA
Class: XII

BIOLOGY INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

ON COFFEE ADDICTION

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 DONE BY
V. HARIKA

CLASS XII
REG NO: … … … … … … …

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Ms SAJITHA K U
Dept. of Biology
LAKSHMI NARAYANA VIDYANIKETHAN
Palappuram, Ottapalam
Submitted for the AISSCE – 2023

INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that is a bonafide record of biology project work titled Coffee Addiction
done by V. Harika of class XII Science, Reg No …………………………Under the guidance
of Ms Sajitha K U Faculty Department of science & PGT Biology, Lakshmi Narayana

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Vidyanikethan, Ottapalam-3 of this school in the school laboratory during the academic year
2021-2022 for the purpose of submitting for practical examination of All India Senior School
Certificate Examination (AISSCE) 2022.

DATED :

Mrs K S Sheela
Principal
Lakshmi Narayana Vidyanikethan
Senior secondary school
Palappuram, Ottapalm -3

GUIDE’S CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the biology project work titled Coffee Addiction submitted for the
practical examination of All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) – 2-23 is
a bonafide record of the work done by V. Harika, class XII science, Reg No:

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…………………….. under my supervision & guidance in the school laboratory during the
academic year 2022-2023.

Dated: Ms Sajitha K U
FACULTY, Dept. of Science & PGT Biology
Lakshmi Narayana vidyanikethan
Senior secondary school
Palappuram, Ottapalam-3

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this is a bonafide record of the biology work titled Coffee Addiction
done by me under the guidance of Ms Sajitha K U, Faculty Department of science & PGT
Biology, Lakshmi Narayana Vidyanikethan Senior Secondary School, palappuram ,

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Ottapalam-3 in the school laboratory during the academic year 2021-2022 for the purpose of
submitting for practical examination of All India Senior School Certificate Examination
(AISSCE) 2023.

V. Harika
Class : XII Science

REG NO:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who directly or indirectly helped me in planning
and completing this project work successfully.
I also thank our respected Chairman Sri.K.RAMAKRISHNAN SIR and manager Sri.K.R
SANDEEP NARAYANAN SIR for providing me with all the facilities and equipments
needed for the same.
I would also like to immensely thank our Principal Mrs.K.S. SHEELA for the
encouragement and support she rended to complete this project work. I would like to

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acknowlwdge with profound gratitude the most valuabale guidance, suggestions and
inspirations given bymy Biology Teacher and Project Guide Ms Sajitha K U, Faculty, dept
of science &PGT Biology and also for providing us with ample laboratory hours so as to
complete bthisn project work in time and prepare this report.
My sincere thanks to the lab assistant Mrs.JALAJA.K who has helped me immensely in
completing the project within the stipulated time.
I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to each one f my friends and my parents for the
support during the period of the project work and for their exemplary help in the preparartion
of the report.
Beyond everything I am indebted to the omnipotent God for his grace that enabled me to
complete this project work in time.

Dated :
V. Harika
Class XII Science
Reg No:

INDEX

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SI NO CONTENT PG NO

1 CERTIFICATE 3

2 GUIDES CERTIFICATE 4

3 DECLARATION 5

4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 6

5 AIM 8

6 INTRODUCTION 9

7 WHAT IS CAFFEINE 10

8 NATURAL OCCURENCE OF CAFFEINE 11

9 CAFFEINE DRUGS 12

10 CAFFEINE CONSUMPTION AND IT'S EFFECTS 13-15

11 CONCLUSION 16

12 BIBLIOGRAPHY 17

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 AIM

To study about coffee addiction and its causes.

Introduction

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly

called coffee beans , of the coffee plant. They are seeds of coffee
cherries that grow on trees in over 70 countries cultivated primarily in
Latin America ,southeast Asia , and Africa green unroasted coffee is
one of the most traded agricultural commodities in the world . Due to
it caffeine content , coffee often has a stimulating effect on humans.

Today coffee is the third most popular drink in the world, behind
water and tea. Global consumption of caffeine has been estimated at
120,000 Tonnes per year, making the world’s most popular
psychoactive Substance.Global consumption of caffeine has been
estimated at
120,000 Tonnes per year, making the world’s most popular
psychoactive Substance. This amounts to one serving of a caffeinated
Beverage for every person every day.

What is Caffeine?

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine

class. It is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid and is chemically related
to adenine and guanine bases of deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and ribonucleic
acid (RNA). It is a psychoactive stimulant drug. It was isolated in 1820 by a
German Chemist , Friedieb Ferdinand Runge .In humans , caffeine acts as a
central nervous system (CNS) stimulant, helps you stay awake and can stave off
tiredness. It is mostly consumed by humans infusions extracted From the bean
of the coffee plant and the leaves of the Tea bush , as well as from various foods
and drinks Containing products derived from the kola nut .To make these
drinks, caffeine is extracted by steeping the plant product in water, a process
called infusion. Caffeine- containing drinks, such as coffee, tea, and cola, are

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very popular; as of 2014, 85% of American adults consumed some form of
caffeine daily, consuming 164 mg on average.

Natural occurence of Caffeine

Around sixty plant species are known to contain Caffeine. Common sources are
the beans (seed) of the Two cultivated coffee plants, coffea Arabica and coffea
Canephora; in the leaves of the tea plant; and in kola nuts. Other sources include
yaupon holly leaves, south American holly yerba mate leaves, seeds from
Amazonian Holly guayusa leaves. In the plant kingdom, caffeine is thought to
act as a natural pesticide. Seedlings contain more caffeine than older leaves,
which protects them from being eaten away by insects.

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In products and bevarages
Caffeine can be found most commonly in coffee ,tea ,energy drinks,
soft drinks, chocolate, and some of the Medications.

Caffeine Drugs

Caffeine is sold in the form of tablets which offer several advantages

over coffee, tea, and other caffeinated beverages, including
convenience, known dosage, and avoidance of concomitant intake of
sugar, acids, and fluids. These tablets are commonly used by students
studying for their exams and by people.
There are several products being marketed that offer inhalers that
deliver proprietary blends of supplements, with caffeine being a key
ingredient. There is no safety information available about inhaled
caffeine.

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Caffeine consumption and its effects

How caffeine works?

Caffeine is a powerful influence in our lives. Caffeine wakes you up

by fooling adenosine receptors. Adenosine slows down nerve cell
activity along neural pathways like these, but caffeine (which binds to
the same receptors) speeds activity up.
To a nerve cell, caffeine looks like adenosine: Caffeine binds to the
Adenosine Receptor. However, caffeine doesn’t slow down the cell’s
activity like adenosine would. As a result, the cell can no longer
identify adenosine because caffeine is taking up all the receptors that
adenosine wouldnormally bind to. Instead of slowing down because
of the adenosine’s effect, the nerve cells speed up. Caffeine also
causes the brain’s blood vessels to constrict, because it blocks
adenosine’s ability to open them up.

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Caffeine is a potent and quick-acting drug which produces an effect
similar to the stress response in our bodies. Caffeine affects each
person differently, depending on individual circumstances such as
weight, build, etc. It has an almost instant effect on your mind-body
which willcontinue to influence your state for 6-8 hours afterwards.
Adenosine is created in the brain, it binds to adenosine receptors. This
binding causes drowsiness by slowing down nerve cell, this also
causes blood vessels todilate, most likely to let more oxygen into that
organ during sleep.
Every time we drink tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, or cola we are
giving our body a ‘hit’ of caffeine. Along with nicotine and alcohol,
caffeine is one of the three most widely used mood -affecting drugs in
the world.
If you have more than two or three caffeine drinks per day your
‘habit’ may be affecting you emotionally and physically much more
powerfully than you might expect. This effect is why some headache
medicines like Anacin contain caffeine –constricting blood vessels in
the brain can help stop a vascular headache. Caffeine’s effect on the
brain causes increased neuron firing. The pituitary gland senses this
activity and thinks some sort of emergency must be occurring, so it
releases hormones that tell the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline
(epinephrine).Adrenaline is the “fight or flight” hormone, and it has a
number of effects on your body.

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Some commonly observed effects of caffeine are:

It stimulates the cortex of your brain heightening the intensity of

mental activity. Affects the length and quality of sleep. Stimulates
your heart, respiratory system, and central nervous system.Makes
your blood more `sludgy’ by raising the level of fatty acids in the

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blood.Blood flow to the stomach slows. Causes your stomach to
produce more acid .Irritates the stomach lining. Makes digestion less
effective by relaxing the muscles of your intestinal system. The liver
releases sugar into the bloodstream for extra energy.Blood vessels on
the surface constrict to slow blood flow from cuts and increase blood
flow to muscles.Raises blood pressure. Causes messages to be passed
along your nervous system more quickly. Its diuretic effect caused
increased urination.

The most important long-term problem with caffeine is its effect on

your sleep. The half-life of caffeine in your body is about six hours.
That means that drinking a big cup of coffee containing 200
milligrams of caffeine at3:00 p.m. will leave about 100 milligrams of
that caffeine in your system at 9:00 p.m. Adenosine reception, which
is affected by caffeine, is important to sleep, and especially to deep
sleep. You may be able to fall asleep hours after that big cup of
coffee, but your body will probably miss out on the benefits of deep
sleep. That sleep deficit adds up fast. The next day you feel worse, so
you need caffeine as soon as you get out of bed. The cycle continues
day after day. Once you get into this cycle, you have to keep
consuming the drug to put off an inevitable comedown Trying to quit
can leave you tired and depressed, fighting splitting headaches as
blood vessels in the brain dilate. These negative effects can be enough
to force caffeine addicts back onto the drug.

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Conclusion

Caffeine addiction is so common we don’t even notice it most Of the

time. But the feeling of getting back in touch with your Own natural
energy, and having the ability to relax when night Falls, is
unparalleled when you able to greatly reduce or quit
Caffeine.Caffeine addiction often overlaps with other Behavioral
addictions, such as sugar addiction, so you might Find that evaluating
your caffeine intake opens up a Pandora’s Box of other behaviors that
need to be addressed.

Coffee is great for just a beverage with Small dosages but it can
become a poison if you misuse it.

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Bibliography

NCERT Biology for class 12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
http://pegasusnlpblog.com/caffeine-induced-panics
http://coffeetea.about.com/od/caffeine/a/symptoms.htm
https://www.garmaonhealth.com/coffee-bad-good-for-you/
https://www.verywellmind.com/caffeine-addiction-4157287
www.pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
https://www.verywellmind.com/caffeine-addiction-4157287

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