Changes in caffeine content during fruit development in Coffea canephora P. ex. Fr. grown at different elevations

Sridevi, V. and Giridhar, P. (2014) Changes in caffeine content during fruit development in Coffea canephora P. ex. Fr. grown at different elevations. Journal of Biology and Earth Sciences, 4 (2). B168-B175.

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Abstract

Caffeine is an important purine alkaloid of methyl xanthine family present in beans of coffee. Caffeine content was determined in developing fruits of robusta coffee plant (Coffea canephora), that collected from plants grown at different elevations to find out the influence of altitude on caffeine content. Caffeine levels were analysed by performing High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Caffeine content was found always more at all stages of coffee fruit ontogeny from plants grown at low elevations. The proportion of increase in caffeine content was more from the stage II (4 months) to stage III (5 months). Maximum caffeine content of 1.868 ± 0.149 g/100 g dry weight was evident in stage V seeds (9 months) of low altitude collected samples. There was a 32% reduction in caffeine content of beans from plants grown at high elevations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Altitude; Endosperm; Coffee beans; Pericarp; Robusta
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants > 04 Plant Physiology 600 Technology > 07 Beverage Technology > 04 Coffee
Divisions:	Plant Cell Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2016 10:34
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2016 10:34
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/12375

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