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Researchers say coffee contains a special protein that has an analgesic effect similar to morphine

 Last Update: 2021-02-08
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26
(Xinhua) -- Brazilian researchers have found that the coffee people often drink contains a protein with analgesic effects similar to morphine, foreign media reported.
said in a statement that
researchers from its genetics and biotechnology division and scientists at the University of Brasilia found that coffee contains a "previously undiscovered protein component" that has the effect of
morphine
-like pain and mild sedation,reported.tests in mice by researchers found that
opioid peptides
appeared to have a more persistent analgesy effect on mice than morphine. The discovery is said to have "potential for biotechnology development" in the health food industry, which could also help reduce the pressure on animals during slaughter.

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