Extraction of Caffeine from Tea Leaves Department of Biological Sciences‚ College of Science University of Santo Tomas España‚ Manila‚ 1028 ABSTRACT: Caffeine is a white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds‚ leaves‚ and fruit of some plants. It is most commonly consumed by humans in infusions extracted from the seed of the coffee plant and the leaves of the tea bush‚ as well as from various foods and drinks containing
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DNA extraction lab 1. A number of steps are required to isolate DNA from cellular content. Describe what happens at each step‚ and why it acts to separate the parts of the cell. The steps include a) breaking cell open to release the DNA; b) separating the DNA from cellar materials and proteins; c) using alcohol to precipitate the DNA; d) cleaning the DNA; e) confirming the presence of the DNA. a) Breaking cell open to release the DNA: the cells are separated from each other by physical means such
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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II OBJECTIVES FOR FINAL EXAM 1. If given names‚ identify structures‚ or if given structures‚ identify name of each of the following types of compounds: a. Esters b. Amines c. Aromatic compounds including polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. 2. Identify structures that are products of the following reactions: a. Grignard reaction including identification of the nucleophile. b. Conversion of nitriles into carboxylic acids and acid derivatives c. Diels-Alder reactions
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litmus Glowing splint Copper (II) sulphate Lead (II) nitrate Ammonium chloride Zinc sulphate Basic copper (II) carbonate Change from blue to white Water droplets formed Changes from white to orange Bubbled before turning to a gas No color change Powder hardened Bubbled while heating No color change Changed from green to black Crystals floated upon heating Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No change No change No change No change No change
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DNA EXTRACTION FROM KIWI ISGR SCIENCE Aalah Yousif‚ Ella Sobek April 27‚ 2012 Background All living organisms (plants‚ animals‚ and bacteria) are made up of cells. Any cell consists of many parts but the parts that play the key roles are the nucleus‚ cell membrane‚ and cytoplasm. The nucleus is like the “brain” of the cell (that also contains DNA). The cell membrane is like a wall that guards the cell. And the cytoplasm is a jelly-like substance which contains other smaller organelles like
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Learn how the process of distillation occurs. Observe how distillation separates alcohol from wine. Method: Distillation is based on the fact that the matter can exist in three phases - - solid‚ liquid and gas. As the temperature of a pure substance is increased‚ it passes through these phases‚ making a transition at a specific temperature from solid to liquid (melting point--mp) and then at a higher temperature from liquid to gas (boiling point--bp). Distillation involves evaporating a liquid into
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Extraction of Caffeine from Tea Leaves Santos‚ Raphael‚ Samson‚ Nonia Carla‚ *Tabora‚ Brylle‚ Tan‚ Kate Michal Department of Biological Sciences‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines Abstract Tea leaves are natural products that are harvested from agriculture. Caffeine‚ on the other hand‚ is a stimulant that has been shown to speed up the time of reaction‚ increase alertness‚ and improve one’s concentration. What we did in this experiment was to extract the alkaloid caffeine content
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of electrons with the central copper ion. The absorption spectrum of 0.01M copper sulfate is shown‚ in Figure 1‚ by the dotted line‚ A. Absorbance is plotted against wavelength in angstroms (Å). Notice that the compound absorbs light of wavelengths from 6000 to above 8000 Å‚ which is the yellow-to-red region of the visible spectrum. The light transmitted through the solution comes out richer in light of blue wavelengths (4000 to 5000 Å) than white light‚ and so the solution looks blue. When
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patient. However‚ we are only interested in the patient’s head and more specifically the brain‚ that is why in this step we perform an orientation step to orient all the brain images into a common coordination and then we perform the brain extraction using brain extraction tool (BET) which will result two images‚ one image contains only the brain and the other one contains the brain and the skull‚ both images are needed for further analysis‚ Figure 2.4 and Figure 2.5 Show the MRI image before and after
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Isolation‚ purification and characterization of alkaloid caffeine from tea leaves Date Submitted: September 3‚ 2014 Abstract Caffeine is one of the main constituents of tea leaves. In this experiment‚ 0.0039 g of pure caffeine was isolated from tea leaves. This was done through solid-liquid extraction followed by multiple liquid-liquid extraction. Then crude material obtained was then purified by sublimation. The isolated caffeine was subjected to thin layer chromatography (TLC) together
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