Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation

Incubation-activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation has been studied using defatted unfermented and partly fermented cocoa bean powders. Results of the study showed that aspartic endoprotease, carboxypeptidase and invertase...

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Main Authors: Selamat, Jinap, Saari, Nazamid, Bakar, Jamilah, ., Misnawi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/
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author Selamat, Jinap
Saari, Nazamid
Bakar, Jamilah
., Misnawi
author_facet Selamat, Jinap
Saari, Nazamid
Bakar, Jamilah
., Misnawi
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building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Incubation-activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation has been studied using defatted unfermented and partly fermented cocoa bean powders. Results of the study showed that aspartic endoprotease, carboxypeptidase and invertase were significantly inactivated during fermentation and drying, and the effect of fermentation was significantly lower than that of drying. The enzyme activities remaining in these beans were still sufficient to carry out enzymatic reaction during incubation. Peptide patterns, resulting from incubation of unfermented and partly fermented beans powders, were quite similar to the well-fermented patterns. Meanwhile, free amino acid concentrations of the unfermented beans were significantly increased during the first 4 h of incubation and then remained constant; however, with partly fermented beans, the formation continued and the hydrophobic and total free amino acid concentrations reached the value of well-fermented beans after 24 h of incubation. Reducing sugar concentrations of both unfermented and partly fermented cocoa beans could reach the level of well-fermented beans by incubation.
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spelling upm-1124232025-03-06T08:19:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/ Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation Selamat, Jinap Saari, Nazamid Bakar, Jamilah ., Misnawi Incubation-activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation has been studied using defatted unfermented and partly fermented cocoa bean powders. Results of the study showed that aspartic endoprotease, carboxypeptidase and invertase were significantly inactivated during fermentation and drying, and the effect of fermentation was significantly lower than that of drying. The enzyme activities remaining in these beans were still sufficient to carry out enzymatic reaction during incubation. Peptide patterns, resulting from incubation of unfermented and partly fermented beans powders, were quite similar to the well-fermented patterns. Meanwhile, free amino acid concentrations of the unfermented beans were significantly increased during the first 4 h of incubation and then remained constant; however, with partly fermented beans, the formation continued and the hydrophobic and total free amino acid concentrations reached the value of well-fermented beans after 24 h of incubation. Reducing sugar concentrations of both unfermented and partly fermented cocoa beans could reach the level of well-fermented beans by incubation. Elsevier 2002 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/3/112423.pdf Selamat, Jinap and Saari, Nazamid and Bakar, Jamilah and ., Misnawi (2002) Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation. Food Chemistry, 78 (4). pp. 407-417. ISSN 0308-8146; eISSN: 1873-7072 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0308814602001206 10.1016/s0308-8146(02)00120-6
spellingShingle Selamat, Jinap
Saari, Nazamid
Bakar, Jamilah
., Misnawi
Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title_full Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title_fullStr Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title_full_unstemmed Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title_short Activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
title_sort activation of remaining key enzymes in dried under-fermented cocoa beans and its effect on aroma precursor formation
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112423/3/112423.pdf