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

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

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.

DOI: 10.4236/jacen.2014.32B009                

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

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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