Background Pectin is a natural prebiotic with great potential for encapsulating probiotics to
prepare synbiotics. Despite that the variety of raw materials and the output of agricultural by …

Due to their natural availability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, nontoxicity, flexibility, as
well as improved structural and functional characteristics, pectin and pectin-based …

Biowastes generated from the food processing industries cause environmental issues due to
nitrogen, phosphorous, macronutrients, and water contents. These nutrients make the …

Background Even though raw and processed crops are consumed as food worldwide, one-
third of these agricultural produces go as waste or by-products. These by-products contain …

Pectin is a polysaccharide that has been recently gaining attention because it is renewable,
inexpensive, biocompatible, degradable, non-toxic, non-polluting, and has mechanical …

Galectin-3 is the only chimeric representative of the galectin family. Although galectin-3 has
ubiquitous regulatory and physiological effects, there is a great number of pathological …

Abstract 'Saba'banana peel contains significant amounts of pectin but with very limited
commercial use. To increase its value, the present study investigated the effect of 'saba'peel …

Stabilizers are used to enhance the textural properties and shelf-life of the foods without
altering their nutritional properties. The availability of a wide array of stabilizers makes the …

Ecuador is the world's fifth largest cocoa producer, generating hundreds of tons of residues
from this fruit annually. This research generates value from the residual (cocoa pod husk) by …

Background: Pectin has several unique properties that enabled it to be use as a matrix for
entrapment and/or delivery of a variety of drugs, proteins and cells. They are used in …