Cell wall polysaccharides from chalkumra (Benincasa hispida) fruit. Part I. Isolation and characterization of pectins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3556-3562

  Mazumder, Sutapa ^a   Morvan, Claudine ^b   Thakur, Swapnadip ^a   Ray, Bimalendu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Arabinan; Benincasa hispida; Chromatography; Fruit; Galactan; Homogalacturonan; Infrared spectroscopy; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 DEXTRO GALACTAN; ENDO BETA 1,4 DEXTRO GALACTANASE; GALACTAN; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BENINCASA HISPIDA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL WALL; DILUTION; ELUTION; ESTERIFICATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; VISCOSITY;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIONS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FRUIT; PECTINS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VISCOSITY;

BENINCASA HISPIDA;

EID: 2542452286     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0343130     Document Type: Article

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