The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) has received a ministerial grant for a project ‘Investigating the effects of the use of energy drinks and selected plant adaptogens on the health and mental state of young adults – a research project’. The analyses and research will be carried out in collaboration with teams of researchers from the Medical University of Lublin, Jagiellonian University (Collegium Medicum) in Krakow and the Lublin University of Technology.

The project aims to conduct research on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of energy drinks and plant adaptogens, and to assess their toxicity and health effects. 

The researchers will undertake an analysis of the elemental composition of energy drinks and an analysis of the composition of plants and raw materials extracted from them with adaptogenic, psychostimulant and nootropic effects. They will also carry out studies to assess the toxicity of these substances and the interactions between them.