Table 3.
Values for total and individual CQAs, caffeic acid, caffeine, trigonelline, and p-coumaric acid of coffee beans from C. arabica cv. Icatu collected at 25°C, and within the ranges of 30–35 and 36–40°C (diurnal temperatures).
| Diurnal temperature at bean harvest |
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| Parameter | [CO2] (μL L-1) | 25°C | 30–35°C | 36–40°C |
| 5-CQA | 380 | 31.5 ± 1.4 aA | 30.7 ± 1.5 aA | 28.0 ± 1.3 aA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 30.6 ± 1.6 aA | 30.1 ± 1.2 aA | 25.4 ± 0.6 bA |
| 4-CQA | 380 | 2.94 ± 0.14 cA | 3.99 ± 0.27 bA | 7.01 ± 0.54 aA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 3.08 ± 0.28 cA | 4.70 ± 0.22 bA | 6.19 ± 0.29 aB |
| 3-CQA | 380 | 2.21 ± 0.13 cA | 3.91 ± 0.45 bB | 8.82 ± 0.13 aA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 2.51 ± 0.22 cA | 5.06 ± 0.25 bA | 8.24 ± 0.24 aA |
| Total CQAs | 380 | 36.7 ± 1.4 bA | 38.6 ± 1.4 abA | 43.9 ± 1.3 aA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 36.2 ± 1.5 aA | 39.9 ± 1.4 aA | 39.8 ± 0.8 aB |
| Caffeic acid | 380 | 0.083 ± 0.003 aA | 0.073 ± 0.007 abB | 0.065 ± 0.006 bA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 0.083 ± 0.007 aA | 0.090 ± 0.004 aA | 0.074 ± 0.004 aA |
| Caffeine | 380 | 11.3 ± 0.6 bA | 13.8 ± 0.4 aA | 13.0 ± 0.6 abA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 11.6 ± 0.6 aA | 10.2 ± 0.6 abB | 9.5 ± 0.4 bB |
| Trigonelline | 380 | 10.9 ± 0.7 cA | 14.1 ± 0.7 bA | 17.5 ± 1.2 aA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 10.1 ± 0.7 bA | 13.7 ± 0.6 aA | 14.9 ± 0.4 aB |
| p-Coumaric acid | 380 | 0.538 ± 0.055 cA | 0.964 ± 0.068 aA | 0.740 ± 0.071 bA |
| (mg g-1 DW) | 700 | 0.703 ± 0.027 aA | 0.602 ± 0.029 aB | 0.561 ± 0.049 aB |
For each parameter, the mean values ± SE (n = 5, performing two replicates of five plants) followed by different statistical indexes express significant differences between temperatures for the same CO2 treatment (a, b, c), or between CO2 treatments within each temperature (A, B). Two-way ANOVA depicted significant changes for temperature, [CO2], and their interaction for total CQAs, caffeine, trigonelline, and p-coumaric acid; significant differences were found for temperature and [CO2] on 4-CQA, whereas for 5-CQA, 3 CQA, and caffeic acid only temperature promoted significant changes.