| abstract |
To improve tobacco quality and to modify tobacco flavor, the tobacco material is treated with phenol oxidase to provide an improved tobacco material. A method for the preparation of tobacco product proteins and phenolic compounds, such as polyphenols, from tobacco, comprising the step of treating tobacco material with phenol oxidase, wherein A method using a phenol oxidase such as rutin, scopoletin and chlorogenic acid except that the phenol oxidase is monophenol monooxygenase (EC1, 14, 18, 1). [Selection] Figure 11 |