A. Yemenicioglu et al., THERMAL INACTIVATION KINETICS OF PEROXIDASE AND LIPOXYGENASE FROM FRESH PINTO BEANS (PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS), ZEITSCHRIFT FUR LEBENSMITTEL-UNTERSUCHUNG UND-FORSCHUNG A-FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 206(4), 1998, pp. 294-296
Thermal inactivation kinetics of crude peroxidase (POX) and lipoxygena
se (LOX) in fresh pinto beans were studied over the temperature range
of 55-90 degrees C. The inactivation of both enzymes followed first-or
der kinetics. The biphasic inactivation curves for POX indicate the ex
istence of several isoenzymes of varying heat stability. In the temper
ature range of 55-70 degrees C, the activation energies (E-a) of POX w
ere 46.5 kcal.mol(-1) for the heat-labile portion and 37.6 kcal.mol(-1
) for the heat-stable portion. On the other hand, the LOX enzyme had a
n E-a value of 42.26 kcal.mol(-1) at 55-75 degrees C and 49.1 kcal.mol
(-1) at 55-90 degrees C.