Catabolism of caffeine and related purine alkaloids in leaves of Coffea arabica L

Planta

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 334-339

  Ashihara, H ^a   Monteiro, A M ^b   Moritz, T ^c   Gillies, F M ^b   Crozier, A ^b  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Catabolism pathways; Coffea; Purine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 0030044723     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00620048     Document Type: Article

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