Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 942: Pectin and Pectin-Based Composite Materials: Beyond Food Texture
Molecules, Vol. 23, Pages 942: Pectin and Pectin-Based Composite Materials: Beyond Food Texture
Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules23040942
Authors:
Claudia Lara-Espinoza
Elizabeth Carvajal-Millán
René Balandrán-Quintana
Yolanda López-Franco
Agustín Rascón-Chu
Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars branching that harbor functional moieties. Physicochemical features as pH, temperature, ions concentration, and cosolute presence, affect directly the extraction yield and gelling capacity of pectins. The chemical and structural features of this polysaccharide enables its interaction with a wide range of molecules, a property that scientists profit from to form new composite matrices for target/controlled delivery of therapeutic molecules, genes or cells. Considered a prebiotic dietary fiber, pectins meetmany regulations easily, regarding health applications within the pharmaceutical industry as a raw material and as an agent for the prevention of cancer. Thus, this review lists many emergent pectin-based composite materials which will probably palliate the impact of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, aid to forestall actual epidemics, expand the ken of food additives and food products design.
Source: Molecules - Category: Chemistry Authors: Claudia Lara-Espinoza Elizabeth Carvajal-Mill án Ren é Balandrán-Quintana Yolanda L ópez-Franco Agust ín Rascón-Chu Tags: Review Source Type: research
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