Mechanism of browning in fresh Highbush blueberry fruit (Vaccinium corymbosum L). Partial purification and characterisation of blueberry polyphenol oxidase

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-516

  Kader, Farid ^a   Rovel, Bernard ^a   Girardin, Michel ^a   Metche, Maurice ^a  

^a Lab de Biochimie Appliquee   (France)

Author keywords

characterisation; extraction; polyphenol oxidase; purification; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0030937531     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199704)73:4<513::AID-JSFA763>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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