Table 6. Representative inhibitors of enzymatic browning (Adapted from McEvily et al. 1992)
|
Reducing agents |
sulphiting agents ascorbic acid and analogs cysteine glutathione |
|
Chelating agents |
phosphates EDTA organic acids |
|
Acidulants |
citric acid phosphoric acid |
|
Enzyme inhibitors |
aromatic carboxylic acids aliphatic alcohol anions peptides substituted resorcinols |
|
Enzyme treatments |
oxygenases o-methyl transferase proteases |
|
Complexing agents |
cyclodextrins |