Nieto Ramírez Ivonne Jeannette, Chegwin Angarita Carolina, Osorio Zuloaga Hector Jairo
Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Carrera 30 No 45-03 Edificio 451 Laboratorio 210, Bogotá, Colombia.
Rev Iberoam Micol. 2007 Mar;24(1):72-4. doi: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70008-6.
TWhen the chemical composition of secondary metabolites from the Pleurotus sajor-caju growing on coffee pulp were study, it was found that the fungus has the faculty of incorporating caffeine inside its fructiferous body. Component of the substrate (around 1.3% on dry basis) did not show a structural change over the alkaloid; this constitutes an unexpected outcome for a species belonging to realm of the fungi.