Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 479-485Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.06.055
Keywords
Gold kiwifruit; Fruit maturity; High-methoxyl pectin; Galacturonic acid; Viscosity
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Studies on gold kiwifruit pectins are limited. In this work, the characterization of pectin isolated from two different stages of maturity of gold kiwifruit, namely early harvested fruit (EHF) and main harvested fruit (MHF) isolated by three methods (acid, water, enzymatic) was carried out. Pectins isolated from MHF were higher in galacturonic acid content (52-59% w/w) and weight-average molecular weights (M-w, 1.7-3.8 x 10(6) g/mol) compared with EHF pectins (29-49% w/w and 0.2-1.7 x 10(6) g/mol respectively). Enzymatic treatment gave the highest yield but lowest in M-w, viscosity and mechanical spectra for both maturities. The pectin of both maturities was classified as high-methoxyl pectin with the degree of esterification ranged from 82% to 90%. Water-extracted MHF pectin molecules had the highest RMS radius (182.7 nm) and M-w (3.75 x 10(6) g/mol). The water extraction method appeared to retain the native state of pectin molecules compared with acid and enzymatic extraction methods based on the M-w and viscosity data. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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