Tyramine and Phenylethylamine Biosynthesis by Food Bacteria

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-467

  Marcobal, Angela ^a   de las Rivas, Blanca ^a   Landete, José María ^a   Tabera, Laura ^a   Muñoz, Rosario ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

biogenic amine; detection methods; phenylethylamine; tyramine; tyrosine decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINES; DECARBOXYLASES; DETECTION METHODS; PHENYLETHYLAMINES; TYRAMINE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD STORAGE; GENES; LACTIC ACID;

AMINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHENETHYLAMINE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; TYRAMINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PHENETHYLAMINES; TYRAMINE; TYROSINE DECARBOXYLASE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84861622775     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.500545     Document Type: Article

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