Microbial and enzymatic methods for the removal of caffeine
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...Different microbial platforms can also be used for the characterization of novel enzymes for the bioremediation of xanthine-derived compounds, such as degrading caffeine in wastewater [124]....
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...The degradation pathway in filamentous fungi is different and species from various fungal genera, e.g. Penicillium, Aspergillus, Stemphylium, Rhizopus, Phanerochaete, Trichoderma and Fusarium, have been shown to catabolize caffeine (Mazzafera 2002; Gokulakrishnan et al. 2005)....
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...The potential use of microorganisms and enzymes obtained from microbial system for developing biological decaffeination techniques offer a much attractive alternative to the present existing techniques (Gokulakrishnan et al. 2005)....
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...Caffeine enters the human system in the form of beverages like tea, coffee and caffeinated soft drinks and numerous food products like chocolates and desserts, with the global consumption ranging from 80 to 400 mg caffeine per person per day (Gokulakrishnan et al. 2005)....
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...Penicillium, Aspergillus, Stemphylium, Rhizopus, Phanerochaete, Trichoderma and Fusarium, have been shown to catabolize caffeine (Mazzafera 2002; Gokulakrishnan et al. 2005)....
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