Caffeine (1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine) is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the
world, acting by means of antagonism to adenosine receptors, mainly A1 and A2A. Coffee is …

Details of the recently elucidated biosynthetic pathways of caffeine and related purine
alkaloids are reviewed. The main caffeine biosynthetic pathway is a sequence consisting of …

Secondary plant metabolites (SPMEs) play an important role in plant survival in the
environment and serve to establish ecological relationships between plants and other …

Considerable inter-and intraspecific variation with respect to the quantity and composition of
plant natural products exists. The processes that drive this variation remain largely unknown …

It is now well documented that the diet has a significant impact on human health and well-
being. However, the complete set of small molecule metabolites present in foods that make …

Iranian seedless barberry or zereshk (Berberis integerrima 'Bidaneh', Berberidaceae) has
long been cultivated for its fruit in South Khorasan, Iran. There are more than 11,000 ha …

Nutraceuticals and Antioxidants in Prevention of Diseases Page 1 Nutraceuticals and
Antioxidants in Prevention of Diseases 82 Neelam Jain and Kishan G. Ramawat Contents 1 …

The objective of the research was to evaluate the antioxidant activity, phenols and volatile
compounds of different types coffee infusions. We worked with the Catimor coffee variety …

The food industry and plant breeding programmes require fast, clean and low-cost
screening techniques for nutritional compounds determination in food matrices. This is the …

This work investigated the contents of methylxanthines in 25 types of stimulating foods
available in the Brazilian market, totaling 199 samples, from which 264 coffee, tea, and …