Polysaccharides; microwave; pumpkin; biomass; pectin; green chemistry
Abstract :
[en] Microwave-assisted extraction was employed to extract polysaccharides from pumpkin biomass and compared to the usual extraction by conventional heating. The effect of microwave heating time, liquid/solid (L/S) ratio and extraction temperature on the yield and molecular mass of extracted pectin from the seeded oil pumpkin biomass was investigated. Heating times ranged from 2 to 10 min, L/S ratio from 30/1 to 50/1 and temperature from 80 to 120 °C. The response surface methodology was used to optimize the effects of processing parameters to isolate pectin with medium molecular weight and with the highest yield. The retained conditions were as follows: liquid/solid ratio 50/1, microwave heating time of 10 min and a temperature of 102.2 °C. Among the studied factors, the liquid/solid ratio had the greatest influence on yield and molecular mass, respectively.
Application of microwave heating in the extraction of pumpkin biomass gave a pectin with medium Mw and dramatically reduced extraction time in comparison to traditional hot acid extraction. Microwave is an excellent tool for extraction and modification of polysaccharides in one step.
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Košťálová, Zuzana; Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia > Institute of Chemistry > Center for Glycomics
Aguedo, Mario ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Chimie biologique industrielle
Hromádkováa, Zdenka; Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia > Institute of Chemistry > Center for Glycomics
Language :
English
Title :
Microwave-assisted extraction of pectin from unutilized pumpkin biomass
Publication date :
April 2016
Journal title :
Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification
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