Pectic substances,pectic enzymes and haze formation in fruit juices |
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Authors: | John R Whitaker |
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Institution: | Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA |
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Abstract: | The pectic substances, located primarily in the middle lamella between cells in higher plant tissues, are complex polysaccharides. They include the negatively charged rhamnogalacturonans, and the neutral arabinogalactans I and II and l-arabinans. These polysaccharides add viscosity to juices but may also form hazes and precipitates and retard maximum recovery of juices from the fruit. The rhamnogalacturonans are degraded by the enzymes pectin methylesterase and polygalacturonase normally present in plant tissues and by these enzymes and pectate lyase in microbially derived commercial pectic enzymes added during processing. The presence of a?abinofuranosidase, which degrades l-arabinans, in commercial pectic enzyme preparations, can cause haze formation in juices such as apple and pear. |
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Keywords: | Fruit juices pectic substances pectic enzymes haze formation arabinofuranosidases endo-arabanases |
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