Banana enzymes

[Anthony Tomlinson]

In article <758465355wnr at nmclean.demon.co.uk> Nick Mclean,
Nick at nmclean.demon.co.uk writes:
>A friend of mine is studying the effects of the following enzymes in 
>bananas, so far he has not had much success in finding any info about 
>them, so I thought I could post a plee for ANY kind of information that 
>anyone may have about them or maybe point me in the right direction.
>
>Polyphenol-oxidase


Polyphenols are wound reponse metabolites, so look for
polyphenol oxidase in chapters about wound responses.
In bananas they are probably involved in blackening
in reponse to trauma, cold or senescence, but I'm guessing.
That's all I know!

Anthony