Fine control of caffeine biosynthesis in tissue cultures of Camellia sinensis

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-198

  Deng, Wei Wei ^a   Li, Yeyun ^a,b   Ogita, Shinjiro ^c   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Caffeine; Camellia sinensis; Paraxanthine; Purine base; Purine nucleoside; Tea; Theaceae; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ALKALOID; CAFFEINE; GUANOSINE; HYPOXANTHINE; PARAXANTHINE; PURINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THEOBROMINE; XANTHOSINE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INOCULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA; TISSUE CULTURE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; THEACEAE;

EID: 56349153100     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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