Caffeine and theobromine formation by tissue cultures of Camellia sinensis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1535-1536

  Shervington, Amal ^a   Shervington, Leroy A ^b   Afifi, Fatma ^a   El Omari, Mohamed A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b JORDANIAN PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Jordan)

^c Forensic Science Laboratory   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Callus; Camellia sinensis; Plant tissue culture; Purine alkaloids; Root; Theaceae; Theobromine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; THEOBROMINE;

ARTICLE; CALLUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; PLANT; TEA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0032051854     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)01087-X     Document Type: Article

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