Extraction and characterisation of pectin from dragon fruit (hylocereus polyrhizus) peels

Abang Zaidel, Dayang Norulfairuz and Md Rashid, Jamaeyah and Hamidon, Nurul Hazirah and Md. Salleh, Liza and Mohd Kassim, Angzzas Sari (2017) Extraction and characterisation of pectin from dragon fruit (hylocereus polyrhizus) peels. Chemical engineering Transactions, 56. pp. 805-810. ISSN 2283-9216

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Abstract

Pectins are complex carbohydrate molecules that are used in numerous food applications as a gelling agent, thickener, stabiliser, and emulsifier. Dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) is one of the tropical fruits that belong to the cactus family, Cactaceae. Since the peels of dragon fruit are often discarded as waste, it would be an advantage to convert it into a value-added product such as pectin. The objective of this study was to investigate the extraction of pectin from dragon fruit peels under different extraction time using hot water extraction method. The dragon fruit peels were extracted using distilled water at 80 °C with different extraction time of 20, 40, 60 and 80 min. The extracted pectin was characterised by its yield, moisture and ash content, degree of esterification and antioxidant activity. Determination of moisture and ash content was conducted using AOAC standard method. The determination of the degree of esterification of pectin was performed using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). DPPH assay was used to determine the antioxidant activity of the pectin extract. Based on the result, the yield of pectin decreases (20.34 to 16.20 %) with the increase of extraction time, moisture contents were between 4 to 6 % while ash contents were between 7 to 10 %. Pectin from dragon fruit peels was determined as low methoxyl pectin and has high percentage of antioxidant activity with low value of inhibition concentration (IC50) (0.0063 to 0.0080 mg/mL). 60 min extraction sample exhibits the highest antioxidant activity (81.91 % at 40 μg/mL), followed by 80 min extraction (81.68 % at 40 μg/mL), 40 min extraction (81.38 % at 40 μg/mL) and 20 min extraction (81.31 % at 40 μg/mL).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP155-156 Chemical engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering Technology > Department of Chemical Engineering Technology
Depositing User:	UiTM Student Praktikal
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2021 07:45
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2021 07:45
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/3467

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