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Brazil finds coffee protein with morphine effect
Yahoo! News / Agence France-Presse ^
| January 24, 2015
Posted on 01/25/2015 5:45:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian scientists have discovered a protein in coffee that has effects similar to pain reliever morphine, researchers at the state University of Brasilia (UnB) and state-owned Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation Embrapa said Saturday.
Embrapa said its genetics and biotech division, teaming up with UnB scientists, had discovered "previously unknown protein fragments" with morphine-like effects in that they possess "analgesic and mildly tranquilizing" qualities.
The company added tests on laboratory mice showed that the opioid peptides, which are naturally occurring biological molecules, appeared to have a longer-lasting effect on the mice than morphine itself....
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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: brazil; coffee; morphine; pain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Something die hard coffee drinkers have known for decades.
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:46:36 PM PST
by
Ronin
(Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh no, no coffee in the car then? /s
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:47:47 PM PST
by
libertarian27
(FreeRepublic Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So, maybe coffee will go the same way as Original coca-cola?
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:49:10 PM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Look for the FDA to start regulating coffee as a Schedule II CDS in 5....4....3....2....
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:50:41 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Buy a generator and alert the power company - next Christmas, I go Full Griswold.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My parents for as long as I can remember always kept a coffee pot or Mr. Coffee going all day every day.
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:50:52 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: libertarian27
Explains, perhaps, why I can drink 2 cups of coffee a day for that rise-and-shine effect, but a third puts me directly to sleep.
Same with my daughter.
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:55:22 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/25/2015 5:56:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Veto!
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:02:37 PM PST
by
windcliff
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Brazilian scientists have discovered a protein in coffee that has effects similar to pain reliever morphineOK, so it's not crack then? Good.
To: Ronin
Something die hard coffee drinkers have known for decades.I have been self-medicating with coffee and unfiltered cigarettes for decades...
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:12:28 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:14:13 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well I’ll be danged. I was of the opinion that coffee enhanced the effectiveness of analgesics, but never imagined it was so direct.
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:17:53 PM PST
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:25:23 PM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: Veto!
I never tried that 3rd cup of coffee. I check it out. I have become so sensitive to caffeine that I can't even have any after 1pm or I will stay awake that night till dawn so I doubt that it will have the same effect on me that it has on you.
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:27:02 PM PST
by
Ditter
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Oh, sh**, Quick...hide the coffee!
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:27:43 PM PST
by
JPG
(The GOPe will always find a way to surrender)
To: Ronin
precisely.....waiting for the government to ban it outright
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:40:32 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Coffee was initially used for spiritual reasons. At least 1,100 years ago, traders brought coffee across the Red Sea into Arabia (modern-day Yemen), where Muslim dervishes began cultivating the shrub in their gardens. At first, the Arabians made wine from the pulp of the fermented coffee berries. This beverage was known as qishr (kisher in modern usage) and was used during religious ceremonies.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee
Coffee house in Palestine, ca 1900
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:44:17 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So, soon we will need a prescription and 2 forms of ID — one being a photo ID — to buy a cup or a can of coffee.
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posted on
01/25/2015 6:58:04 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Ken H
For a split second on my BB I thought, “Palestinian with an RPG circa 1900, WTH?”
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posted on
01/25/2015 7:00:46 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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