Caffeine molecule: molecule formula, structure and physical properties………………………………………………………page 3

Summary of journal article…………………………………...page 4 -5

Review of journal article………………………………………page 6

“Effect of Caffeine on Oxygen Consumption and Metabolic Rate in Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Idiopathic Apnea”…..page 7-10

1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine; 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-Purine-2,6-dione;

Caffeine molecular formula is: C8H10N4O2

Alkaloids are physiologically active nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants. The term alkaloid refers to the basic (alkali-like) characteristics of amines.

Alkaloids can be used as anesthetics, in antidepressants and as stimulants, though many are habit forming.

Its structure is made up of a cyclohexene and a cyclopentene

Functional groups in molecule: amide, alkane, and alkene.

This study is about premature infants with very low birth weights and the effect of caffeine on decreasing apnea episodes while monitoring oxygen consumption and metabolic rate in a controlled environment. Oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) were measured by indirect calorimetry (measurement of the amount of heat evolved or absorbed in a chemical reaction, change of state, or formation of a solution) before, during and after caffeine treatment in the preterm infants. Changes in metabolic rate resulting from therapeutic doses of caffeine have not been measured in preterm infants before.

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