What is it about?
Browning is an undesirable reaction in some food products. it reduces consumer acceptance of the products and introduces compounds that do not promote good health. Our studies indicate that p-Nitrophenol is a good inhibitor of browning caused by this enzyme.
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Why is it important?
Cocoyam may be treated by p-Nitrophenol in order to prevent browning caused by the indigenous polyphenol oxidase.
Perspectives
Use p-Nitrophenol during the processing of ccoyam in order to reduce/prevent browning
Professor Philippa C OJIMELUKWE
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia state, Nigeria
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This page is a summary of: Partial Purification and Characterization of Polyphenol Oxidase from Cocoyam,Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1982, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/33.3.487.
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