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1.12. PECTIN FUNDAMENTALS
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Family of structural polysaccharides found in all
higher plants
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Commercial pectins: Citrus peel or apple
pomace (by-products in juice/cider
manufacturing).
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Annual production worldwide: 40.000 tons
Complex – possibly modular - structure,
Schematically:
Adapted from:
Perez, S.; Rodriguez-Carvajal, M. A.; Doco, T. A complex plant cell wall polysaccharide: rhamnogalacturonan II. A
structure in quest of a function. Biochimie (2003), 85(1/2), 109-121: