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Title: Study of the effect of Malaysia commercialized brands coffee on heart rate and blood pressure
Authors: Ong Sang Chee
Keywords: Ong Sang Chee
LP 30 FST 1 2009
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Abstract: Coffee is a common drink for almost all the people in the world and it is same to Malaysian. Malaysian mostly drinks the instant standard coffee which is easy to obtain from the market and shop. This is a study that focuses on the Malaysian commercialized brands instant coffee and study the effect of the coffee the human health. The study has shown that the commercialized brand of Malaysian instant coffee affects the cardiovascular system primarily through the active ingredient caffeine in the coffee powder of the instant coffee. The urine sample of the participant that consumed the coffee was tested by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FT-IR) to identify the chemical group inside the urine after consumed coffee. The study of the Ultra-Violet/Visible spectrometer (UV-VIS) was done the urine sample of participant after consumed the coffee. The results of the FT-IR shown that the urine sample of the participant after drinking coffee is a healthy urine or normal urine and that is no coffee chemical group can be found by using the FT-IR. As for the UV-VIS result, the spectrum of the urine is different from each other and it is due to the variables of the urine sample of each of the participant after the consumption of the coffee. This study proved that the different of the urine sample of different human showing the different of the adsorption of the UV-VIS. In conclusion, the Malaysian commercialized brand instant coffee shows the short terms effect on the cardiovascular system on the health of the Malaysian and the effect is varied due to the individual who consume the coffee. More implementation of the research design is needed so that the future research of the commercialized brand of coffee can be carried out successfully and the results that obtained can be differentiated.
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