Table 2.

Theobromine degradation metabolites detected in the liquid culture of four candidate isolates

Candidate isolates	Metabolites
A. niger PT-1	Not found
A. sydowii PT-2	3-Methylxanthine and xanthine
A. ustus PT-6	3,7-Dimethyluric acid and 3-methyluric acid
A. tamarii PT-7	3,7-Dimethyluric acid, 3-methylxanthine, 7-methylxanthine, 3-methyluric acid, xanthine and uric acid

TLM-S inoculated by candidate isolates were analyzed by HPLC for 3,7-dimethyluric acid, 3-methylxanthine, 7-methylxanthine, 3-methyluric acid, 7-methyluric acid, xanthine and uric acid