Chemical Characterisation of the Industrial Residues of the Pineapple (Ananas comosus) - Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment

JACEN > Vol.3 No.2, April 2014

Chemical Characterisation of the Industrial Residues of the Pineapple (Ananas comosus) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jacen.2014.32B009 6,169 Downloads 9,361 Views Citations

Author(s)

María Elena Sánchez Pardo, María Elena Ramos Cassellis, Rosalva Mora Escobedo, Epifanio Jiménez García

Affiliation(s)

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Av.San Claudio y 18 sur Edif.106, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, Pue.3ExHacienda san Juan Molino, km 1.5 carretera Estatal Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla, México.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N, Col. Sto. Tomás. C.P. 11340, México D.F., México.

ABSTRACT

In Mexico pineapple processing produces industrial residues with a high concentration of dietary fibre. The aim of this study was to quantify the constituents of the fibrous residues from the industrial processing of pineapples which exhibited low concentrations of lignin.

KEYWORDS

Pineapple; Total Dietary Fibre; Hemicelluloses; Cellulose; Lignin; Pectin

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Pardo, M. , Cassellis, M. , Escobedo, R. and García, E. (2014) Chemical Characterisation of the Industrial Residues of the Pineapple (Ananas comosus). Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 3, 53-56. doi: 10.4236/jacen.2014.32B009.

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