Caffeine hazards and their prevention in germinating seeds of coffee (Coffea arabicaL.)

Biotransformation of theobromine to caff

Biotransformation of theobromine to caffeine in suspension and polyurethane foam immobilized coffee (Coffea arabicaL.) cells

✍ Tsutomu Furuya; Yutaka Orihara; Kenji Koge 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 321 KB

Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) cells are capable of biotransforming theobromine to caffeine. In suspension culture of B2K medium, which is the "production medium" for caffeine, biotransformation was also more efficient than in DK medium. More caffeine was finally produced than calculated based on theobr