Patent ID: 9167840
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A01H,A23L,A61K,C07D,C12N

Abstract:
1. An isolated cocoa cell line, comprising cocoa callus cells derived from a Theobroma cacao plant, the callus cells being selected to produce greater than 100 mg of procyanidins per liter of cell culture, greater than 200 mg of procyanidins per liter of packed cells, and less than 0.5 ug caffeine and less than 0.75 ug theobromine per mg of procyanidins when grown in a cell suspension culture comprising a carbon source, a nitrogen source, and one or more supplements selected from the group consisting of a macronutrient, a micronutrient, an auxin, a cytokinin, a vitamin, an amino acid, a hormone, inositol, and a myo-inositol.