Polyphenol oxidases in crops: Biochemical, physiological and genetic aspects

F Taranto, A Pasqualone, G Mangini, P Tripodi… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Enzymatic browning is a colour reaction occurring in plants, including cereals, fruit and
horticultural crops, due to oxidation during postharvest processing and storage. This has a …

Enzymatic browning of fruit and vegetables: A review

B Singh, K Suri, K Shevkani, A Kaur, A Kaur… - Enzymes in food …, 2018 - Springer
Enzymatic browning in fruits and vegetables occurs by exposure to the air after cutting and
slicing and in pulped states, mechanical damage during transportation, and thawing of …

Impact of processing factors on quality of frozen vegetables and fruits

RGM Van der Sman - Food Engineering Reviews, 2020 - Springer
In this paper I review the production of frozen vegetables and fruits from a chain perspective.
I argue that the final quality of the frozen product still can be improved via (a) optimization of …

Effect of ascorbic acid postharvest treatment on enzymatic browning, phenolics and antioxidant capacity of stored mung bean sprouts

M Sikora, M Świeca - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Enzymatic browning limits the postharvest life of minimally processed foods, thus the study
selected the optimal inhibitors of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and evaluated their effect on …

[BOK][B] Thermal food processing: new technologies and quality issues

DW Sun - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
The challenge of maintaining both quality and safety in the thermal processing of foods
results from the degradation of heat-sensitive quality attributes during processing. The editor …

Anthocyanins and polyphenol oxidase from dried arils of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

V Jaiswal, A DerMarderosian, JR Porter - Food Chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Anthocyanins are natural pigments responsible for red, purple, and blue colouration in
plants. Human consumption of anthocyanins is increasing because of the rising awareness …

Inhibitory effect of rice bran extracts and its phenolic compounds on polyphenol oxidase activity and browning in potato and apple puree

S Sukhonthara, K Kaewka, C Theerakulkait - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Full-fatted and commercially defatted rice bran extracts (RBE and CDRBE) were evaluated
for their ability to inhibit enzymatic browning in potato and apple. RBE showed more …

Substrate specificity of polyphenol oxidase

MA McLarin, IKH Leung - Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The ubiquitous type-3 copper enzyme polyphenol oxidase (PPO) has found itself the subject
of profound inhibitor research due to its role in fruit and vegetable browning and mammalian …

Effect of hot‐water blanching pretreatment on drying characteristics and product qualities for the novel integrated freeze‐drying of apple slices

H Wang, Q Fu, S Chen, Z Hu, H **e - Journal of Food Quality, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of hot‐water blanching (HWB) on drying characteristics and product qualities of
dried apple slices with the novel integrated freeze‐drying (NIFD) process was investigated …

Color retention of red peppers by chemical pretreatments during greenhouse and open sun drying

G Ergüneş, S Tarhan - Journal of Food Engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
The color of Paprika, which is one of the most important quality measured, is drastically
affected by the drying process of red peppers. This study aimed to measure ability of three …