Improvement of a Continuous Spectrophotometric Method for Determining the Monophenolase and Diphenolase Activities of Mushroom Polyphenol Oxidase

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1084-1090

  Espín, Juan Carlos ^a   Morales, Mercedes ^a   García Ruiz, Pedro Antonio ^a   Tudela, José ^a   García Cánovas, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3,4 Dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid; Diphenols; Enzyme kinetics; MBTH; Monophenols; Mushroom; p hydroxyphenylpropionic acid; Polyphenol oxidase; Spectrophotometry; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0001003175     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960428a     Document Type: Article

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