A comparative study of polyphenoloxidases from taro (Colocasia esculenta) and potato (Solanum tuberosum var. Romano)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-359

  Duangmal, Kiattisak ^a   Owusu Apenten, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHOL OXIDASE; SODIUM METABISULFITE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FOOD ANALYSIS; PH; POTATO; TEMPERATURE;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033004724     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(98)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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