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pectinate
pectinate Resembling a comb in arrangement or shape.
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Specialized pectin blends selected for reduced sugar foods; benefits include whiter color, more resilient gel, and clearer solutions.
Magazine article from: Food Processing; 12/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...an important role in pectin's functionality and divides pectins into HM and LM groups...pectin and amidated LM pectin. Conventional LM pectins require the addition...obtained by using HM pectin. However, LM pectins have been used recently...
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Pectin extraction from citrus and sugar beets: low-value pectin's a natural for making high-value products.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Engineering Research Unit are at work on pectin, a polysaccharide component in cell walls...together into long, continuous molecules. Pectin is currently valued for use as a gelling...and fat substitute. Most commercial pectin is obtained by extraction from citrus...
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PECTIN EXTRACTION FROM CITRUS AND SUGAR BEETS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Engineering Research Unit are at work on pectin, a polysaccharide component in the cell...together into long, continuous molecules. Pectin is currently valued for use as a gelling...and fat substitute. Most commercial pectin is obtained by extraction from citrus...
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Pectin with low molecular weight and high degree of esterification increases absorption of Fe in growing rats
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...iron was enhanced when pectin of low MW and high DE...was not evident with pectins having high MW and...INDEXING KEY WORDS: * pectin * ^sup 58^Fe * iron...g/kg diet, all the pectins showed either an improvement...Rats consuming the pectin preparation with high...
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Pectin overpowers plaque.(R&D Applications)
Magazine article from: Prepared Foods; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...fiber products. Classic pectins are ideal products to...different viscosities. Pectin Classic GU 401 USP is...the colon by bacteria. Pectin has a reduced tendency...from high-methylester pectins. With the appropriate...appropriate amount of pectin per day can lower cholesterol...
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Pectin extraction process available for licensing.
Newspaper article from: Emerging Food R&D Report; 12/1/2001; 650 words
; ...All fruits have more pectin when they are under-ripe. Commercial fruit pectins, which are made from...USDA. High-quality pectins may be extracted from pectin-containing plant...under pressure. The pectins are characterized by...
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Dietary pectin lowers sphingomyelin concentration in VLDL and raises hepatic sphingomyelinase activity in rats
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Dietary Pectin Lowers Sphingomyelin Concentration in...the hypothesis tested was that dietary pectin, because it can alter hepatic cholesterol...Wistar rats were fed a diet without or with pectin (20 g/100 g) up to 21 d. In accordance...
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Using homemade pectin.
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 9/1/2000; 700+ words
; To determine the amount of homemade pectin to use in jelly recipes, you need to test for the pectin content of the cooked fruit juice. According...alcohol (everyday 70% kind). No extra pectin is needed if the juice forms one big mass...
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Modified citrus pectin.(Shorts)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Basic Health Guide on modified citrus pectin (MCP). This nutraceutical prevents...against Alzheimer's disease. Citrus pectin, a soluble fiber in the rinds of oranges...It also readily binds to mutagens. But pectin's large molecules cannot enter the bloodstream...
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Effect of Pectin and Amidated Pectin on Cholesterol Homeostasis and Cecal Metabolism in Rats Fed a High-Cholesterol Diet
Magazine article from: Physiological Research; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...concentrations in rats fed pectinamides suggest that amidation of pectin had decreased its fermentability. Key words Pectin * Amidated pectins * Rat * Cholesterol * Feces Introduction Pectin is a polymer of galacturonic acid linked by a- 1-4 bonds...
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pectin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pectin any of a group of white, amorphous, complex...and certain vegetables. Fruits rich in pectin are the peach, apple, currant, and plum...present in unripe fruits, is converted to pectin as the fruit ripens. Pectin forms a colloidal...
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pectins, low‐methoxyl
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
pectins, low‐methoxyl Partially demethylated pectins which can form gels with little or no sugar and are therefore used in low‐calorie jellies.
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Cell Walls
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...sugar galacturonic acid. This pectin readily forms gels in which...adjacent chains together. Other pectin polysaccharides are more complex...galactose. In the cell wall, pectins probably form very large aggregates...contain more cellulose and less pectin than primary walls, and often...
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Jam and Jelly
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...typically made from fruit, sugar, and pectin. Jelly is made with the juice of the...are chopped and cooked with sugar and pectin until a gel is formed. The jam or jelly...The element that allows fruit to gel, pectin is present in varying degrees in all fruit...
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pectase
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
...citrus fruits which removes the methoxyl groups from pectin to form water‐insoluble pectic acid...methoxyl groups are pectinic acids. Also known as pectin esterase, pectin methyl esterase, and pectin methoxylase; distinct...
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