Oxymetric and spectrophotometric study of the ascorbate oxidase activity shown by frog epidermis tyrosinase

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 917-923

  Ros, José Ramón ^a   Rodríguez López, José Neptuno ^a   Espín, Juan Carlos ^a   Varón, Ramón ^b   García Cánovas, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbate oxidase; Enzyme kinetics; L ascorbic acid; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TROPOLONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; EPIDERMIS; FROG; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 0030220819     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(96)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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