Just in case the world at large has begun to take plant biologists seriously
- I'll hazard to further legitimize this question (and my long standing
curiosity) with a clarification of the term "coffee pee." The excretion in
question has the same *aroma* coming out as it did going in. Thus, I
suppose I could have asked what compounds give coffee it's characteristic
aroma, but that would have squeezed WAY to much levity out of the question.
I never miss an opportunity to entertain while indulging honest curiosity -
even (or, rather, ESPECIALLY) at the expense of my own "dignity". Just ask
my students.
Any lurking biochemists out there?
with lingering twinges of self-consciousness,
Wil Taylor
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Wilson A. Taylor
Department of Biology
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54701
taylorwa at uwec.edu
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