Identification of (-)-epicatechin as the direct substrate for polyphenol oxidase isolated from litchi pericarp

Food Research International

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 864-870

  Sun, Jian ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^a,b   Wei, Xiaoyi ^a   Shi, John ^c   You, Yanli ^a   Liu, Hai ^a   Kakuda, Yukio ^d   Zhao, Mouming ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

( ) Epicatechin; Browning; Fruit; Litchi; Polyphenol oxidase; Substrate

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FRUITS; GELS; SILICA; SUBSTRATES;

(-)-EPICATECHIN; BROWNING; LITCHI; POLYPHENOL OXIDASE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; EXTRACTION; FRUITS; GELS; SILICA; SUBSTRATES;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 33746675592     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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