Too much caffeine is added to sweets, beverages, and foods, including gums and jelly beans. There's a need for a home test to be developed for detecting potentially dangerous levels of caffeine. Measuring caffeine in drinks with a home test could help prevent serious side effects, says a new study, recently published online in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, "Validation of Caffeine Dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain CBB1 as a Suitable Enzyme for a Rapid Caffeine Detection and Potential Diagnostic Test.” You may wish to download the article because the shocking news of an Ohio teen who died of a caffeine overdose in May 2014 highlighted the potential dangers of the...
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