Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis), an anciently consumed stimulant from the Amazon rain forest: the seeded-fruit transcriptome.
Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) is a plant native to the central Amazon basin. Roasted seed extracts have been used as medicinal beverages since pre-Colombian times, due to their reputation as stimulants, aphrodisiacs, tonics, as well as protectors of the gastrointestinal tract. Guarana plants are commercially cultivated exclusively in Brazil to supply the national carbonated soft-drink industry and natural product stores around the world. In this report, we describe and discuss the annotation of 15,387 ESTs from guarana seeded-fruits, highlighting sequences from the flavonoid and purine alkaloid pathways, and those related to biotic stress avoidance. This is the largest set of sequences registered for the Sapindaceae family.
Angelo
Paula C S
PC
Embrapa Western Amazon, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Nunes-Silva
Carlos G
CG
Brígido
Marcelo M
MM
Azevedo
Juliana S N
JS
Assunção
Enedina N
EN
Sousa
Alexandra R B
AR
Patrício
Fernando J B
FJ
Rego
Mailson M
MM
Peixoto
Jean C C
JC
Oliveira
Waldesse P
WP
Freitas
Danival V
DV
Almeida
Elionor R P
ER
Viana
Andréya Márcya H A
AM
Souza
Ana Fabíola P N
AF
Andrade
Edmar V
EV
Acosta
Pablo O A
PO
Batista
Jaqueline S
JS
Walter
Maria E M T
ME
Leomil
Luciana
L
Anjos
Daniel A S
DA
Coimbra
Rodrigo C M
RC
Barbosa
Magda H N
MH
Honda
Eduardo
E
Pereira
Soraya S
SS
Silva
Artur
A
Pereira
José O
JO
Silva
Marcicleide L
ML
Marins
Mozart
M
Holanda
Francisca J
FJ
Abreu
Rusleyd M M
RM
Pando
Silvana C
SC
Gonçalves
José F C
JF
Carvalho
Margarida L
ML
Leal-Mesquita
Emygdia R R B P
ER
da Silveira
Márcio A
MA
Batista
Weber C
WC
Atroch
André L
AL
França
Suzelei C
SC
Porto
Jorge I R
JI
Schneider
Maria Paula C
MP
Astolfi-Filho
Spartaco
S
D002110:Caffeine / Q000378:metabolism; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000378:metabolism; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D032126:Paullinia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014329:Tropical Climate
D005419:Flavonoids; D002110:Caffeine