Continuous spectrophotometric method for determining monophenolase and diphenolase activities of pear polyphenoloxidase

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1177-1182

  Espín, Juan Carlos ^a   Morales, Mercedes ^a   Varón, Ramón ^b   Tudela, José ^a   García Cánovas, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diphenols; MBTH; Monophenols; Pear; Polyphenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030444246     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.tb10955.x     Document Type: Article

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