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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Unidades Centrais.
Data corrente: | 11/03/1999
Data da última atualização: | 02/08/2019
Autoria: | VITÓRIA, A. P.; MAZZAFERA, P.
Afiliação: | ANGELA PIERRE VITÓRIA, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP/Departamento Fisiologia Vegetal. Bolsista do CNPq; PAULO MAZZAFERA, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP/Departamento Fisiologia Vegetal. Bolsista do CNPq.
Título: | Caffeine degradation in leaves and fruits of coffea arabica and coffea dewevrei.
Ano de publicação: | 1998
Fonte/Imprenta: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DF, v. 33, n. 12, p. 1957-1961, dez. 1998.
Idioma: | Inglês
Notas: | Título em inglês: Degradação de cafeína em folhas e frutos de coffea arábica e coffea dewevrei.
Conteúdo: | The coffee species Coffea dewevrei and Coffea arabica have marked differences in caffeine metabolism and the control of the caffeine content during fruit ripening and leaf aging is still not clear. The aim of this work was a detailed investigation on the alkaloid degradation in young and aged leaves, and immature and mature fruits of these species. Young and aged leaves, and immature and mature fruits were fed with (2-14 C) caffeine. After an incubation period they were extracted for (2-14 C) caffeine and metabolites and analysed by reversed-phase liquid chromatography and radiocounting of collected fraction. In leaves and fruits of Coffea dewevrei there were higher degradation rates of caffeine. In both species, compared to young tissues, aged leaves and mature fruits presented lower capacity to degrade the alkaloid, what was shown by the low radioactivities detected in the metabolites formed in the degradation pathway. Radioactivity was detected in 7-methylxanthine, which is also a precursor in the caffeine biosynthesis. The data support the conclusion that the ratio betwenn biosynthesis and biodegradation controls the variation of the caffeine content during fruit ripening and leaf aging in C. arabica and C. dewevrei.
Palavras-Chave: | Caffeine metabolism; Coffee; Metabolismo da cafeina; Methylxanthines; Metilxantinas.
Thesagro: | Café.
Categoria do assunto: | --
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/AI-SEDE/3676/1/pab414_96.pdf
Registro original: | Embrapa Unidades Centrais (AI-SEDE)
Exemplares: | AI-SEDE - (3676-1) - UPE - AP - PP - 630.72081 - P474 -  - DIS