Quantative analysis of caffeine content
Caffeine was extracted from decaffeinated coffee and normal tea using DCM as the solvent and compared with prepared solutions of caffeine using reverse phase HPLC. The experimentally determined result was a caffeine concentration of 7.598?g/ml for decaffeinated coffee compared with 5.9?g/ml reference and 0.4049mg/ml for tea against 0.26mg/ml[1]*. Introduction Caffeine (1) is the most commonly consumed non-prescription stimulant. It is a member of the xanthine […]