The increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains contributes to the
reduced risk of many diseases related to metabolic syndrome, including neurodegenerative …

The growth of the human population is causing an exponential increase in the need for food.
Fertilizers are one of the most important elements to meet this increased demand and to …

Pectin, a polysaccharide, is ubiquitously found in cell wall of higher plants. It is traditionally
used in the preparation of jam, jellies, and marmalades as a gelling agent. New applications …

Pectin, a non-starch polysaccharide, is isolated as a byproduct from agro-processing and
has numerous applications in the pharmaceutical sector, such as drug delivery, wound …

Food processing waste and by-products such as peel of citrus fruit, melon, mango,
pineapple, etc. and fruit pomace can be utilized for manufacturing of several high-value …

Abstract Background Rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) is composed of a backbone of repeating
disaccharide units→ 2)-α-L-Rhap-(1→ 4)-α-D-GalpA-(1→ with neutral sugar sidechains …

After cellulose, pectin is the most abundant plant polysaccharide. For decades pectins have
been industrially produced from two types of raw material (citrus peel and apple pomace, by …

Tropical fruits represent one of the most important crops in the world. The continuously
growing global market for the main tropical fruits is currently estimated at 84 million tons, of …

Abstract Structure and properties of pectin can be affected by extraction methods. In this
study, grapefruit peel pectins extracted by HCl (at pH 1 [P1], 2 [P2], and 3 [P3]) and NaOH (at …

The objective of this study was to simultaneously extract passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) peel
pectins and phenolics using deep eutectic solvents, to evaluate their physicochemical …