Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 117, Issue 2, Pages 196-203Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.03.118
Keywords
Vanilla beans; Polyphenol oxidase; Quantification; Characterisation
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Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) of Vanilla planifolia Andrews beans was extracted and purified through ammonium sulphate precipitation, dialysis, and gel filtration chromatography. PPO activity was measured by improved UV technique using 4-methylcatechol and catechol as substrates increasing substantial sensitivity of previous procedure. The optimum pH and temperature for PPO activity were found to be 3.0 and 3.4 and 37 degrees C, respectively. K-m and V-max values were found to be 10.6 mM/L and 13.9 OD300 min(-1) for 4-methylcatechol and 85 mM/L and 107.2 OD300 min(-1) for catechol. In an inhibition test, the most potent inhibitor was found to be 4-hexylresorcinol followed by ascorbic acid. The thermal inactivation curve was biphasic. Activation energy (E-a) and z values were calculated as 92.10 kJ mol(-1) and 21 degrees C, respectively. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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