CARROT ANTIFREEZE POLYPEPTIDES

• Main Authors: WARRELL, DAWN, DOUCET, CHARLOTTE, JULIETTE, MCARTHUR, ANDREW, JOHN, SIDEBOTTOM, CHRISTOPHER, MICHAEL, FENN, RICHARD, ANTHONY, SMALLWOOD, MARGARET, FELICIA, BYASS, LOUISE, JANE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 30.07.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONFECTIONERY; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; ICE-CREAM; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

Novel antifreeze polypeptides can be isolated from carrots. These peptides can favourably influence the properties of consumer products, e.g. frozen confectionary products. 00000 00000