Purine Alkaloids: A Focus on Caffeine and Related Compounds in Beverages

Teas, Cocoa and Coffee: Plant Secondary Metabolites and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 25-44

  Lean, Michael E J ^a   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^b   Clifford, Michael N ^c   Crozier, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effect tolerance; Caffeine's commercial success; Decaffeinated coffee with 'decafe'; Humans, and caffeine metabolism; Methylxanthines, methyluric acids; Plants, and caffeine catabolism; Purine alkaloid biosynthesis; Purine alkaloids, and caffeine; Synthetic caffeine, soft drinks; Yerba mat leaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888655487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347098.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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