Although esterases have been reported in peas, their properties
have not been studied. The purpose of this investigation was to
determine the substrate and inhibitor specificity of the esterases
present in a water extract of lyophilized peas, and to determine if
pea esterases could be classified according to the criteria...
Esterase activity of an aqueous extract of the green bean was
separated into fourteen bands, while aqueous extracted pea esterases
revealed seven bands, by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The
fourteen bands of bean esterase activity formed three groups; slow,
intermediate and fast moving. α-Naphthyl acetate, propionate, and
n-butyrate and AS naphthol acetate...
Substrate and inhibitor specificities have been used to classify
esterases. The purpose of this work was to determine the substrate
and inhibitor specificities of the esterases in an aquous extract of
lyophilyzed carrots.
Esterase activity was determined manometrically at 37°C. The
optimum pH of the carrot esterases with several substrates...
When sulfur dioxide is used in commercial drying of fruits in
combination with low storage temperatures, browning and microbial spoilage
can be inhibited. However, the relationship between moisture level,
storage temperature, and sulfur dioxide content on the color of dried
fruit is not known; therefore the purpose of this research...
Inhibition of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) by sulfur dioxide (SO₂)
was studied using three different sources of PPO (banana, mushroom,
and pear). Several methods to detect PPO activity were tested due to
SO₂, interference in some of the assays. The method using
2-nitro-5-thiobenzoic acid (TNB) to react with the quinones was...
Using phenolic scavengers different methods were examined to determine the optimum conditions for extracting polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from d'Anjou pears. Efficiency of the extraction was evaluated based on browning of the extract, PPO activity per g of pear tissue, absorption scan of 410 nm to -240 nm, and the isozyme...
Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) from d'Anjou pears was purified and some
molecular properties were studied. The extraction of PPO was
accomplished in the presence of the phenolic binder AG 2X-8 and Triton
X-100. Chlorophyll pigment was removed by chromatography resulting in
a clear, colorless enzyme extract. Three fractions of pear PPO...