Biosynthesis and catabolism of caffeine in low-caffeine-containing species of Coffea

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3425-3431

  Ashihara, Hiroshi ^a   Crozier, Alan ^b  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Caffeine; Catabolism; Coffea arabica; Coffea bengalensis; Coffea eugenioides; Coffea salvatrix

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLXANTHINE; ADENINE; ALLANTOIN; AMMONIA; CAFFEINE; CARBON; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; UREA; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PURINE METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADENINE; CAFFEINE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; COFFEE; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COFFEA; COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEA BENGALENSIS; COFFEA EUGENIOIDES; COFFEA SALVATRIX;

EID: 0032847381     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981209n     Document Type: Article

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