Advances in pectin extraction

Pectin is found in most plants and it is a family of complex polysaccharides. It is employed in both food and pharmaceutical industry as a gelling agent and a functional food. Pectin is commercially extracted from citrus peels and apple pomace under mildly acidic conditions. The extraction of pectins can lead to large variations in the chemical structure of the final material. Many researchers focused on to optimize the methodology for extracting and isolating pectins and verifying the effect on their structural characterization. On the other hand much research by scientists around the world on various parameters affecting pectin Different stages of extraction is performed on a variety of sources. The purpose of this paper was evaluation of new method of extracting pectin from various sources and agricultural waste. The effect of different extraction conditions has also been studied

Keywords:

Pectin , Extraction , Source of pectin , Agricultural waste