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Caffeine—A Drug with a Surprise
Author(s) -
Waldvogel Siegfried R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390173
Subject(s) - surprise , drug , caffeine , pharmacology , medicine , psychology , social psychology
Over 180 years after its isolation caffeine ( 1 ) still has some surprises in store: As a repellent for snails and slugs, as a stimulating agent with a molecular mode of action, for enhancing performance, its habituation, and as an artificial receptor.