A comparative analysis of property of lychee polyphenoloxidase using endogenous and exogenous substrates

Food Chemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 818-823

  Sun, Jian ^a,b   Shi, John ^b   Zhao, Mouming ^c   Xue, Sophia Jun ^b   Ren, Jiaoyan ^b,c   Jiang, Yueming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Endogenous substrate; Exogenous substrate; Lychee; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CUPRIC ION; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; FERROUS ION; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; LYCHEE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 39049165190     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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