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. 2020 Mar 19;11:1473. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15324-7

Fig. 1. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of major xanthine alkaloids in Puer and Kucha.

Fig. 1

a The main biosynthetic pathway of caffeine (4) from xanthosine (1). b Conversion of caffeine to 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid does not progress to theacrine in Puer leaves. c The content of caffeine (4), 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid (5) and theacrine (6) in Puer and Kucha leaves. The left panel shows the HPLC analysis of 4 and 6 at absorbance wavelength of 254 nm. The right three panels show the quantification of 4, 5, and 6 by HPLC-MS. Data represents mean ± SD (n = 4). The corresponding dot plots are overlaid on the figure. d Conversion of caffeine to 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid then to theacrine in Kucha leaves.