Article ; Online: Rheological Behavior of Pectin Gels Obtained from Araçá ( Psidium cattleianum Sabine) Fruits
Polymers, Vol 14, Iss 16, p
Influence of DM, Pectin and Calcium Concentrations
2022 Volume 3285
Abstract: In this work, purified pectins from Araçá fruits ( Psidium cattleianum Sabine) were obtained and characterized after partial demethylation. On each prepared sample, the carboxylic yield was obtained by titration, the degree of methylation (DM) by 1 H-NMR, ...
Abstract | In this work, purified pectins from Araçá fruits ( Psidium cattleianum Sabine) were obtained and characterized after partial demethylation. On each prepared sample, the carboxylic yield was obtained by titration, the degree of methylation (DM) by 1 H-NMR, and the molecular weight distribution by steric exclusion chromatography (SEC). Then, the gelation ability in the presence of calcium counterions was investigated and related to DM (59–0%); the pectin concentration (2–10 g L −1 ); and the CaCl 2 concentration (0.1–1 mol L −1 ) used for dialysis. The critical pectin concentration for homogeneous gelation was above 2 g L −1 when formed against 1 mol L −1 CaCl 2 . The elastic modulus (G′) increased with pectin concentration following the relationship G′~C 2.8 in agreement with rigid physical gel network predictions. The purified samples APP and APP-A with DM ≥ 40% in the same conditions released heterogeneous systems formed of large aggregates. Gels formed against lower concentrations of CaCl 2 down to 0.1 mol L −1 had a higher degree of swelling, indicating electrostatic repulsions between charged chains, thus, counterbalancing the Ca 2+ cross-linkage. Compression/traction experiments demonstrated that an irreversible change in the gel structure occurred during small compression with an enhancement of the G′ modulus. |
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Keywords | Araçá pectin ; de-esterification ; SEC characterization ; calcium gelation ; rheology ; Organic chemistry ; QD241-441 |
Subject code | 333 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Document type | Article ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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