Comparative study of HG-type low-ester hawthorn pectin as a promising material for the preparation of hydrogel.
Carbohydr Polym
; 296: 119941, 2022 Nov 15.
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Homogalacturonan (HG)-type pectin has been considered suitable for the formation of hydrogel, but it is unknown whether the less side chain will limit the properties of hydrogel. The current study successfully obtained low methoxyl HG-type hawthorn pectin (LMHP) from hawthorn by sequential hot water extraction and alkaline de-esterification. The proportion of HG domain, the proportion of rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) domain, molecular weight, and particle size of LMHP were 81.13 %, 4.04 %, 348.43 kDa, and 1386.92 nm, respectively. Compared with commercial citrus pectin (CP), LMHP was more suitable for the preparation of hydrogel. The hydrogel with the densest network structure and relatively stable performance in digestion simulation environment can be obtained as the concentration of LMHP increases to 2.5 %, which is lower than the consumption of commercial citrus pectin. Overall, these findings highlight the potential of hawthorn pectin as a novel hydrogel raw material.
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Carbohydr Polym
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2022
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