Author(s)

Andreia Marques dos Santos¹, Luis Carlos Marques¹, Carolina Passarelli Gonçalves², Maria Cristina Marcucci^1*

¹Post-Graduation Program in Pharmacy and Biotechnology of the Anhanguera University of Sao Paulo, Osasco, Brazil.
²Pharmacy Department of Anhanguera University of Sao Paulo, Osasco, Brazil.

Brazil is the largest coffee exporter in the world. In addition, it occupies the second position, among the consuming countries of the drink. To investigate the chemical composition and quality of the coffee drink from Coffea arabica species, samples grown in the city of Ourinhos, the third most productive region in the state of Sao Paulo, a study of its properties and characteristics was conducted. The pharmacobotanical characteristics were investigated performed according to usual techniques in these researches through macroscopic and microscopic studies through cross-sections. The oil obtained for analysis was extracted by soxhlet, and the caffeine content was measured for green grains using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) using as stationary phase, column C₁₈ and gradient mobile phase formed by 80% water and 20% methanol. The concentration obtained was 44.983 ± 0.86 μg/mL. The antioxidant activity was measured in triplicate through the DPPH test of the in natura coffee oil, and presented antioxidant action of EC₅₀ 25.89 ± 1.16 μg/mL.

Coffea arabica, Botanical Characterization, Caffeine

dos Santos, A. , Marques, L. , Gonçalves, C. and Marcucci, M. (2019) Botanical Aspects, Caffeine Content and Antioxidant Activity of Coffea arabica. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 10, 1013-1021. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2019.106073.