Biochemical and Structural Changes of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) Tubers During Simple Thermal Treatments (Low Temperature) or in Combination with Chemicals

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2739-2747

  Aboubakar, ^a   Bonciu, Camelia ^b   Râpeanu, Gabriela ^b   Njintang, Nicolas Y ^c   Mbofung, Carl M ^c   Bahrim, Gabriela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAROUA   (Cameroon)

^b DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Kinetic of enzyme characterization; Polyphenol oxidase (PPO); Taro; Textural analysis; Tubers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; KINETICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

KINETIC OF ENZYME CHARACTERIZATIONS; POLYPHENOL OXIDASE; TARO; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; TUBERS;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867478435     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0622-7     Document Type: Article

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