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Explain how the student may have measured the polyphenol oxidase activity.

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Polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity was determined by measuring the initial rate of quinone formation,

as indicated by an increase in the absorbance units (AUs) at 420 nm. An increase in absorbance of 0.001 min−1 was taken as one unit of enzyme activity

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