An overview of the traditional and innovative approaches for pectin extraction from plant food wastes and by-products: Ultrasound-, microwaves-, and enzyme-assisted …

M Marić, AN Grassino, Z Zhu, FJ Barba, M Brnčić… - Trends in food science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background A large amount of food wastes and by-products are produced from farm to plate.
They represent valuable sources for the production of high-added value compounds such as …

[HTML][HTML] Lipase inhibitors for obesity: A review

TT Liu, XT Liu, QX Chen, Y Shi - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
With the rapid increase in the population of obese individuals, obesity has become a global
problem. Many kinds of chronic metabolic diseases easily caused by obesity have received …

Pectin as a rheology modifier: Origin, structure, commercial production and rheology

SY Chan, WS Choo, DJ Young, XJ Loh - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectins are a diverse family of biopolymers with an anionic polysaccharide backbone of α-1,
4-linked d-galacturonic acids in common. They have been widely used as emulsifiers …

Emerging concepts in the nutraceutical and functional properties of pectin—A Review

F Naqash, FA Masoodi, SA Rather, SM Wani… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pectin is a structural heteropolysaccharide found ubiquitously in terrestrial plants. It finds
diverse food applications such as that of a gelling agent, stabilizer, and fat replacer. In the …

Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects

X **ong, KM Iris, DCW Tsang, NS Bolan, YS Ok… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Food wastes are generated massively across global food supply chains. Conventional
treatments of food waste (eg, landfilling and incineration) cause environmental, economic …

[HTML][HTML] Pectin: An overview of sources, extraction and applications in food products, biomedical, pharmaceutical and environmental issues

A Roman-Benn, CA Contador, MW Li, HM Lam… - Food Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pectin is a complex versatile heteropolysaccharide of great importance to food,
pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. It is widely used in the food industry due to its …

Extraction, purification and characterization of pectin from alternative sources with potential technological applications

F Dranca, M Oroian - Food Research International, 2018 - Elsevier
Pectins are defined as a group of widely distributed plant cell wall polysaccharides that
contain galacturonic acid linked at both the 1 and 4 positions. The wide use of pectin as an …

Reviewing the recent advances in application of pectin for technical and health promotion purposes: From laboratory to market

M Moslemi - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Pectin is natural biopolymer derived from various plant sources and its activity is driven by
functional groups. Affinity of pectin and chemical interactions of the active sites to chemicals …

Extraction, structure, and emulsifying properties of pectin from potato pulp

JS Yang, TH Mu, MM Ma - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of HCl, H 2 SO 4, HNO 3, citric acid, and acetic acid on the yield, structure,
and emulsifying properties of potato pectins were investigated. Results showed that the …

Advances in biomedical applications of pectin gels

F Munarin, MC Tanzi, P Petrini - International journal of biological …, 2012 - Elsevier
Pectin, due to its simple and cytocompatible gelling mechanism, has been recently exploited
for different biomedical applications including drug delivery, gene delivery, wound healing …