Chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge isolated the drug caffeine from a coffee bean

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In 1816, German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge isolates a drug in a coffee bean he names caffeine meaning something found in coffee.

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Source: University of Bristol, School of Chemistry
Credit: PDF: Frielieb Runge and his Capillary Designs, Ernst F. Schwenk, Wiesbaden, Germany.