The biosynthesis of caffeine in the coffee plant
Leaf disks of Coffea arabica were infiltrated simultaneously with L-methionine-(methyl-14C) and with various possible precursors of caffeine biosynthesis. The results permit the identification of theobromine, 7-methylxanthine and 7-methylxanthosine as precursors of caffeine. 7-methylguanosine seems not to be an intermediate in caffeine formation
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| Format: | biblioteca |
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1974
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| Subjects: | COFFEA ARABICA, BIOSINTESIS, CAFEINA, BIOQUIMICA, ANALISIS DE TEJIDOS, METILSANTINAS, |
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