Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis), an anciently consumed stimulant from the Amazon rain forest: the seeded-fruit transcriptome.

Autor: Angelo PC; Embrapa Western Amazon, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil., Nunes-Silva CG, Brígido MM, Azevedo JS, Assunção EN, Sousa AR, Patrício FJ, Rego MM, Peixoto JC, Oliveira WP Jr, Freitas DV, Almeida ER, Viana AM, Souza AF, Andrade EV, Acosta PO, Batista JS, Walter ME, Leomil L, Anjos DA, Coimbra RC, Barbosa MH, Honda E, Pereira SS, Silva A, Pereira JO, Silva ML, Marins M, Holanda FJ, Abreu RM, Pando SC, Gonçalves JF, Carvalho ML, Leal-Mesquita ER, da Silveira MA, Batista WC, Atroch AL, França SC, Porto JI, Schneider MP, Astolfi-Filho S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Plant cell reports [Plant Cell Rep] 2008 Jan; Vol. 27 (1), pp. 117-24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Oct 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0456-y
Abstrakt: Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) is a plant native to the central Amazon basin. Roasted seed extracts have been used as medicinal beverages since pre-Colombian times, due to their reputation as stimulants, aphrodisiacs, tonics, as well as protectors of the gastrointestinal tract. Guarana plants are commercially cultivated exclusively in Brazil to supply the national carbonated soft-drink industry and natural product stores around the world. In this report, we describe and discuss the annotation of 15,387 ESTs from guarana seeded-fruits, highlighting sequences from the flavonoid and purine alkaloid pathways, and those related to biotic stress avoidance. This is the largest set of sequences registered for the Sapindaceae family.
Databáze: MEDLINE