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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POLYPHENOLOXIDASE TEST WITH CATECHOL AND PROLINE
Author(s) -
Janssen M. G. H.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1969.tb00154.x
Subject(s) - catechol , proline , pigment , chemistry , catechol oxidase , enzyme , food science , biochemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , peroxidase , polyphenol oxidase , amino acid
SUMMARY It will be demonstrated that the formation of the purple pigment in a mixture of catechol, proline and a crude enzyme preparation cannot be accepted as a qualitative test for polyphenoloxidase activity as proposed by D rawert & G ebbing (1963).