Two natural enzymatic browning inhibitors, copper-metallothionein (Cu-MT) and polyphenol esterase (PPE), were obtained from A. niger and investigated. Reflectance measurements, expressed as L (lightness variable) and a (red to green degree of color) were used to compare, over extended periods of time, the relative inhibitory effectiveness of Cu-MT and PPE to those observed with the use of selected chemicals including ascorbic acid (AA), citric acid (CA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), sodium bisulfite (NaHSO3) and 4-hexylresorcinol (4HR), in the prevention of browning on the cut surfaces of selected food products such as apple and potato slices as well as freshly prepared apple juice. Treatment of each food product required an optimum concentration of the selected inhibitor for the inhibition of browning. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30362 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Crumière, Fabienne. |
| Contributors | Kermasha, Selim (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001747173, proquestno: MQ64338, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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