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Why do apple slices turn brown after being cut?

Why do apple slices turn brown after being cut?

A professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, explains this kitchen conundrum of why cut apples turn brown.

Keywords:
apple, polyphenol oxidase, O-quinones, enzyme
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Material Type:
Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:
December 31, 2023
Date Modified in MERLOT:
December 31, 2023
Author:
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Submitter:
Juville Dario-Becker
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
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Language:
English
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