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 …