A review on spectrophotometric methods for measuring the monophenolase and diphenolase activities of tyrosinase

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9739-9749

  Garcia Molina F ^a   Munoz J L ^a   Varon R ^b   Rodriguez Lopez J N ^a   Garcia Canovas F ^a   Tudela, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Escuela Politecnica Superior   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diphenolase; Monophenolase; Polyphenol oxidase; Spectrophotometric methods; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ENZYME SPECIFICITY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CATECHOL OXIDASE; KINETICS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349053743     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0712301     Document Type: Review

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