Table 2. Caffeine Content and Acute Toxicity Assessment with Daphnia magna of the Coffee Cell Culture and Coffee Bean Samples.
| EC50 values [mg/L] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| samples | caffeine [mg/g] | pH | 24 h | 48 h |
| lyophilized coffee cells | 0.22 | 6.96 | >1000 | >1000 |
| lyophilized and roasted coffee cells | 0.22 | 6.81 | >1000 | >1000 |
| roasted Arabica beans | 8.59 | 6.96 | 930 | 680 |
| K2Cr2O7 (negative control) | 0.83 | 0.93 | ||