Yield and some chemical properties of pectin extracted from the peels of dragon fruit [Hylocereus polyrhizus (Weber) britton and rose]
Dragon fruit [Hylocereus polyrizus (Weber) Britton and Rose] peels, a by-product of food processing, were investigated as an alternative source of pectin. Dried dragon fruit peels were extracted at pH 5 using citric acid and sulphuric acid, and the resulting pectin extracts were analyzed for yield a...
| Publicado en: | Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly the Philippine Agriculturist) Vol. 94, no. 3 (Sep. 2011), 307-311 |
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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2011
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