A kinetic study on the isomerization of hop α-acids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 6408-6415

  Jaskula, Barbara ^a,b   Kafarski, Pawel ^c   Aerts, Guido ^a,b   De Cooman, Luc ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Enzyme Fermentation and Brewing Technology   (Belgium)

^b LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Hop acids; Isomerization yield; Kinetics; Rate constant; Trans cis iso acids

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; HUMULON; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; HUMULUS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLOHEXENES; HEAT; HUMULUS; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; TERPENES; THERMODYNAMICS;

HUMULUS;

EID: 50449090086     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8004965     Document Type: Article

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