Citrus sugars

Uses herbicide, citrus, sugar cane, fruit trees... 

Pectins Plants, mainly apples, citrus, sugar beet Gel-forming agent beer stabilizer... 

Cilras molasses Juice pressing residues Citrus sugars Water ... 

Figure 7. Process flow scheme for sugar recovery from citrus press liquors.

Pectin is a long chain of pectic acid and pectinic acid molecules. Because these acids are sugars, pectin is categorized as a polysaccharide. It is prepared from citrus peels and the remains of apples after they are squeezed for juice. In the plant, pectin is the material that joins the plant cells together. When fungus enzymes break down the pectin in fruit, the fruit gets soft and mushy. 

Just like the sensitivity of sugar cane to the hurricane, the sensitive varieties of citrus show a certain degree of permanent productivity reduction which is seen at a maximum at harvest. 

Table II. Carbohydrate compositions (weight percentage) of individual oligomer peaks purified (QAE-Sephadex or HPLC ion-exchange separation, respectively) from mixtures of citrus pectin oligomers or B fruit extracts Compositions shown are for peaks whose biological activity is described in Figure 4. Uronic acid values are based on colorimetric assay. Proportions of neutral sugars were determined by GC and adjusted so that totals equal 100%. In fact, some oligomers (G7 peaks 8, 9 and 10. B extract peak 10) produced small (less than 1 % of the total integrated area), unknown peaks in the GC chromatograms.

Extrusion-cooking of cell-wall rich products (e.g. wheat bran, apple pomace, citrus peels, sugar-beet pulp, pea hulls.) led to an important solubilisation of polysaccharides of various types without extensive degradation of the polymeric structure. The possibility of obtaining gelled systems directly with the extruded pectin-rich materials was demonstrated. 

Figure 2 Ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B (elution by acetate buffer pH 4.8) of (a) dialysed water-soluble pectins from extruded citrus fibres (SME = 250 kWh/t) and (b) dialysed acid extracted pectins from the same raw material, (empty symbols neutral sugars full symbols= galacturonic acids)...

Extrusion-cooking increased very significantly the water-solubility of plant cell wall rich-materials. High amounts of pectins can be solubilised from sugar-beet pulp, citrus peels or apple pomace. 

To improve production of rhamnogalacturonase by Aspergillus aculeatus CBS 115.80 shake flask ejqjeriments were performed on several substrates. Cross reactivity was found after transfer to thamnose in combination with galacturonic acid and on apple pectin, citrus pectin, beet pectin and sugar beet pulp. No cross reactivity was found after transfer to meda containing simple carbon sources such as sucrose, glucose, fiuctose, rhamnose or galacturonic acid. 

Figure 3. Influence the metal ion type on the binding isotherms of sugar-beet (A) and citrus (B) pectins at 2 mequiv. COO-.l- in 0.1 M NaNOs and at 25 °C. Symbols as in figure 1.

Figure 4. Scatchard representation of binding of Ni2+ to pectins in water (A) and in 0.1 M NaN03 (B) at 25°C, with pectins at 2 mequiv. COO-.l-i (V) sugar-beet pectins, (T) citrus pectins.

In water, Scatchard plots showed clear concave-shaped curves whatever the pectin origin (figure 4A). Nevertheless, differences between sugar-beet and citrus pectins appeared in presence of ionic strength. While citrus pectins exhibited convex-shaped curves whatever the metal ion, sugar-beet pectins display convexe curvature for Cu2+ and Pb2+ but concave-shaped curves for the other three cations (figure 4B, in the case of Ni2+). 

Binding isotherms presented the same characterisitics for sugar-beet and citrus pectins according to the pectin concentration and the conditions of ionic strength. The single case of... 

To date, the structural features of pectic polysaccharides and plant cell walls have been studied extensively using chemical analysis and enzymatic degradation. In addition, research on isolation and physicochemical characterisation of pectin from citrus peels, apple peels, sunflower head residues and sugar beet pulp has been reported (2). However, the pectic polysaccharides extracted from wheat straw have only previously been reported by Przeszlakowska (3). The author extracted 0.44% pectic substances from Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. 

The basal medium of Mandels (Mandels et al., 1976) was used with the following modifications it was buffered with 3 g/1 of sodium nitrate to pH 5.5 and supplemented with 1% w/v citrus pectin " Sigma" or other carbon sources. For enzyme production, 50 ml medium in 250 ml erlemneyer flasks were inoculatedwith spores (10 spores /ml ) exept for the non sporulating Pol 6 strain, where mycelium was used. The culture were incubated at 30° C on a rotary shaker (150 rev mn -1) for 5 days. The culture broth was filtered (Millipore 0.45 pm ) and the supernatant was analysed for pectinolytic activities, reducing sugars and proteins. 

The strains were cultured on Mandels medium + 1% citrus pectin for 5 days and the enzymatic activities of culture filtrates were determined on three substrates citrus pectin, polygalacturonic acid and filter paper, (a) extracellular proteins are in p.g/ml. (b) p>ectinolytic activities on pectin (PC) and on polygalacturonic acid (TO) and Pectin esterase (PE) are in units/ml. (c) total cellulolytic activity (filter paper, fp) are in mg of liberated reducing sugars/ml. 

Apple, cereals, citrus, corn, cotton, grapevine, peach, peanut, pear, potato, sorghum, soybean, sugar beet, tea, tobacco, cabbage, onion, turf grass, woody plant, water, soil and air... 

Citrus, cotton, melon, watermelon, banana, tomato, eggplant, onion, cabbage, carrot, chicory, leek, maize, hazelnut, potato, rice (straw, grain), air, sweet corn, soybean, French bean, sugar beet, flowers and ornamentals, sunflower, tobacco, soil and water... 

Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) are water-soluble substances and thereby penetrate the outermost epidermal skin layers. In contrast, beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) are lipid (fat) soluble and are capable of penetrating to the underlying layers of skin (the dermis) located 1-5 mm below the surface of the skinJ2 Most AHAs are derived from plant materials and marine sources. Commonly used AHAs include malic acid (found in apples), ascorbic acid (a common ingredient in numerous fruits), glycolic acid (a constituent of sugar cane), lactic acid (a component of milk), citric acid (naturally abundant in citrus fruits), and tartatic acid (found in red wine). A common BHA is salicylic acid (an ingredient in aspirin). 

Mn oats, rye, wheat, rice, maize, peas, soy beans potatoes, cotton, tobacco, sugarbeet, tea, sugar-cane, pineapples, pecan, peaches, spinach, citrus, a number of forest trees South Australia, Indian, Syria, Pakistan, North China Plain, North West China... 

Manganese deficiency occurs principally in soils with a high pH or calcareous soils since Mn in these soils is mostly present in insoluble oxides. Manganese deficiency has been found for more than 20 crops including oats, rye, wheat, rice, maize, peas, soy beans, potatoes, cotton, tobacco, sugar beets, tea, sugar-cane, pineapples, pecans, peaches, spinach, citrus, and a number of forest trees (Table 7.8) (Sillanpaa, 1982). The critical DTPA-extractable Mn for Mn deficiency has been suggested to be 1.6-3.9 mg/kg, and soils with up to 5.2-6.5 mg/kg DTPA-extractable Mn has been considered to indicate susceptibility (Sillanpaa, 1982). 

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