Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel

Pineapple peel has the potential to become one of the sources for pectin production due to the high content of pectin in its dietary fibre composition. Pectin is used as food thickener, emulsifier, stabiliser and gelling agent in food industry. The conventional extraction process with long operating...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Noorzetty Akhtar, A. Rahman, Roshanida, Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz, Dailin, Daniel Joe, Jusoh, Mazura
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author Zakaria, Noorzetty Akhtar
A. Rahman, Roshanida
Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz
Dailin, Daniel Joe
Jusoh, Mazura
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A. Rahman, Roshanida
Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz
Dailin, Daniel Joe
Jusoh, Mazura
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description Pineapple peel has the potential to become one of the sources for pectin production due to the high content of pectin in its dietary fibre composition. Pectin is used as food thickener, emulsifier, stabiliser and gelling agent in food industry. The conventional extraction process with long operating hours at high temperature has been identified to cause thermal degradation of pectin molecules. Microwave technology application in pectin extraction has shown high potential to expedite the extraction process and produce higher yield. Therefore, this research was intended to investigate the effect of various factors (irradiation time, pH, temperature, microwave power and solid-to-solvent (S/S) ratio) of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) on the pineapple peel pectin (PPP) yield. Pectin extracted was then analysed for its dry weight yield percentage and degree of esterification (DE). It was shown that the pectin yield was significantly affected by pH, S/S ratio and microwave power. From this study, no significant effect of irradiation time was observed from 2.5 min until 20 min to the yield of pectin, thus longer time of extraction is not necessary in MAE. The highest yield of PPP obtained was in the range of 2.27 to 2.79% w/w at pH 2.0 and S/S ratio of 1:20. The result of DE (63.93 ± 0.30%) indicated that PPP is categorized in high methoxyl pectin (HMP) pectin type because the DE values were greater than 50%. This study showed that MAE is highly potential for extraction of high yield of PPP.
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spelling utm.eprints-952382022-04-29T22:25:28Z http://eprints.utm.my/95238/ Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel Zakaria, Noorzetty Akhtar A. Rahman, Roshanida Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz Dailin, Daniel Joe Jusoh, Mazura TP Chemical technology Pineapple peel has the potential to become one of the sources for pectin production due to the high content of pectin in its dietary fibre composition. Pectin is used as food thickener, emulsifier, stabiliser and gelling agent in food industry. The conventional extraction process with long operating hours at high temperature has been identified to cause thermal degradation of pectin molecules. Microwave technology application in pectin extraction has shown high potential to expedite the extraction process and produce higher yield. Therefore, this research was intended to investigate the effect of various factors (irradiation time, pH, temperature, microwave power and solid-to-solvent (S/S) ratio) of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) on the pineapple peel pectin (PPP) yield. Pectin extracted was then analysed for its dry weight yield percentage and degree of esterification (DE). It was shown that the pectin yield was significantly affected by pH, S/S ratio and microwave power. From this study, no significant effect of irradiation time was observed from 2.5 min until 20 min to the yield of pectin, thus longer time of extraction is not necessary in MAE. The highest yield of PPP obtained was in the range of 2.27 to 2.79% w/w at pH 2.0 and S/S ratio of 1:20. The result of DE (63.93 ± 0.30%) indicated that PPP is categorized in high methoxyl pectin (HMP) pectin type because the DE values were greater than 50%. This study showed that MAE is highly potential for extraction of high yield of PPP. Penerbit UTM Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed Zakaria, Noorzetty Akhtar and A. Rahman, Roshanida and Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz and Dailin, Daniel Joe and Jusoh, Mazura (2021) Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 17 (1). pp. 33-38. ISSN 2289-599X http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/MJFAS.V17N1.2164
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Zakaria, Noorzetty Akhtar
A. Rahman, Roshanida
Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz
Dailin, Daniel Joe
Jusoh, Mazura
Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title_full Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title_fullStr Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title_full_unstemmed Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title_short Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
title_sort microwave assisted extraction of pectin from pineapple peel
topic TP Chemical technology
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