Subunit structure of the vicilin-like globular storage protein of cocoa seeds and the origin of cocoa- and chocolate-specific aroma precursors

Food Chemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 903-913

  Kratzer, Ulrich ^a   Frank, Ronald ^b   Kalbacher, Hubert ^c   Biehl, Böle ^d   Wöstemeyer, Johannes ^e   Voigt, Jürgen ^f  

^a PANATecs GmbH   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocoa seeds; Epitope mapping; MALDI ReTOF MS; Storage protein; Theobroma cacao; Vicilin

Indexed keywords

VICILIN;

AROMA; ARTICLE; CACAO; EPITOPE MAPPING; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT SEED;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 56149100981     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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