Effects of Polyphenol Oxidase on Noodle Color: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Improvement

Asian Noodles: Science, Technology, and Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 285-312

  Fuerst, E Patrick ^a   Anderson, James V ^b   Morris, Craig F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Measuring PPO activity in wheat kernels; Polyphenol oxidase effects on noodle color mechanisms, measurement and improvement; PPO biochemistry and biology in wheat catalyzing hydroxylation of p hydroxy monophenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954466605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470634370.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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