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Pectin Extraction from Orange Peels by Patience Rwafa is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses extracting pectin from orange peels using water at different sample to solvent ratios and pH levels. It found that the highest pectin yield came from a ratio of 1:12.5. Pectin extraction decreased with increasing pH. Soxhlet extraction produced twice as much pectin as microwave extraction but took 240 times longer. Microwave extraction had a 120 times higher extraction rate per unit time. Pectin was mainly in the albedo but the flavedo contained 27% of the total.
- Author
- Patience Rwafa
- Language
- EN