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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Spectroscopic and Microscopic Analysis of Apple Pectins.

Agata Serrafi, Agnieszka Wikiera, Konrad Cyprych, Magdalena Malik

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Agata SerrafiDepartment of Immunochemistry and Chemistry, Medical University of Wroclaw, ul. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 48/50, 50-369 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2826-6623
Agnieszka WikieraFaculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5736-8469
Konrad CyprychFaculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4649-323X
Magdalena MalikFaculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4795-9687

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apple pomace pectins, extracted using various methods (water, cellulase, arabinase, and arabinase with mannanase), and commercial apple pectin were studied, analyzing their morphology and chemical structure. The microscopic analysis revealed morphological differences, with a log-normal particle size distribution observed in most samples, except for those extracted with water. Cellulase-extracted pectin exhibited the most spherical morphology, while enzymatically extracted pectins displayed uneven surfaces. The FT-IR analysis indicated structural changes, shifts in O-H bands, and the degree of methoxylation (DM) ranged from 30.25% to 58%, with all the pectins classified as high-methoxy pectins. The NMR (

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MalusPectinsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopySpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredPectinsFT-IRmass spectroscopymorphological analysisNMRpectinsstructural properties

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PMID40286242
PMCPMC11990863

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