Purification and characterization of polyphenol oxidase from edible yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.)

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Fujita, Shuji ^a   Han, Yun Zhe ^a,b   Kouno, Chie ^a   Matsuo, Tomoko ^a   Yamashita, Megumi ^a   Haraguchi, Yasuko ^a   Li, Ying Jie ^a   Hayashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Yang, Chang Peng ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Guangxi Agricultural Vocational Technical College   (China)

Author keywords

Dopamine oxidase; Edible yam; Polyphenol oxidase; Purification

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA;

EID: 33846210561     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.12.235     Document Type: Article

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