Gary R. Takeoka

Highlights the impact of biotechnology on the food industry and discusses strategies for producing new and improved raw materials. Details the latest analytical methodology for characterizing products generated by biotechnology. Describes the generation of flavors from precursors via enzymes and microorganisms. Discusses the construction of chimeric enzymes with improved properties. Reviews the effect of new plant crop regulators on crop yield and quality.

Biotechnology for Improved Foods and Flavors

American Chemical Society. Meeting

Chemical Congress of North America 1991

Roy Teranishi

Matthias Güntert

Presents state-of-the-art information on flavor precursor chemistry. Explains how biocatalysts are used either as tools to make specific ingredients or as reaction promoters in natural biochemical systems that generate flavor mixtures. Discusses processed flavors whereby carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, and vitamins are heated under conditions mimicking food processing to generate flavors by thermal reactions. Presents complex model systems relating to the generation of processed flavors and examines the challenging analytical problems they present. Includes contributions from leading flavor chemists from Australia, Europe and the United States.

Gary R. Takeoka

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