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Kinetics and Energetics of Thermal Inactivation and the Regeneration Rates of a Peroxidase System a, b
Author(s) -
JOFFE FREDERICK M.,
BALL C. OLIN
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1962.tb00144.x
Subject(s) - peroxidase , chemistry , kinetics , mole , activation energy , calorie , biochemistry , enzyme , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY The kinetics of thermal inactivation of peroxidase were found to he first‐order for the range of temperatures 85–100°C. The experimental activation energy was 25.1 kilocalories per mole; free energy change, 27.0–27.5 kilocalories per mole; and entropy change, a negative 7.39–7.89 calories per mole degree. This indicated that the transfer of energy was extremely slow or the activated molecule was actually more rigid than the native molecule, the latter being more likely than the former. No regeneration occurred when peroxidase had been completely inactivated. Regeneration was found to involve a lag period of approximately 20 hr, a rapid rate period of l‐2 days, a point of maximum regeneration at 2–10 days, and finally a decrease in activity after inactivation. The thermal destruction time (z value) of 49.8°F indicated that in high‐temperature short‐time processes the criterion for sufficiency might necessarily be based on the time required to inactivate peroxidase rather than on the time required to sterilize the product.