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Pectin

Sources, Technological Properties and Functional Applications

  • 1st Edition - March 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: F.A. Masoodi, Farah Naqash, Prakash Maran Jeganathan
  • Language: English

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Pectin: Sources, Technological Properties, and Functional Applications provides a comprehensive overview of pectin, detailing its structure, chemistry, properties, functionality, and applications. It helps scientists and industry professionals understand pectin's roles in various end uses, influenced by its intrinsic properties. The book covers the sourcing of pectin from food by-products, comparing conventional and emerging technologies, and emphasizes sustainability through waste valorization. It is divided into three sections: Pectin Chemistry and Functionality, Valorization of Agro-Industrial Waste Streams for Sourcing Pectin, and Functional Applications of Pectin in the Food Industry and Allied Arenas. This book is a valuable resource for academicians, scientists, researchers, industry professionals, and students in fields such as Food Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. It guides those involved in food by-product valorization and the application of pectin in various sectors. Essential for professionals working with food hydrocolloids, biopolymers, colloid chemistry, and materials science, it provides insights into pectin's applications in food packaging, emulsifiers, encapsulation, and drug delivery.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of pectin's structure, chemistry, properties, and applications
  • Details sourcing methods for pectin from various food by-products, emphasizing sustainability
  • Explores pectin's roles in food products, pharmaceuticals, and environmental protection
  • Updates existing information on pectin’s functional characteristics and technological applications
  • Serves as a valuable resource for professionals and students in food science and related fields

Readership

Researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals in food science, chemistry, technology, and engineering

Table of contents

Section I: Pectin chemistry and functionality

1. Pectin: Structure and properties

2. Structural and conformational effects on gelation and rheology

3. Mechanisms underlying emulsifying properties of pectin

4. Bioactivity and health benefits of pectin

5. Modified pectin: Processing, structure and applications

Section II: Valorization of agro-industrial waste streams for sourcing pectin

6. Pectin from conventional sources

7. Pectin from fruit and vegetable peels

8. Pectin from pulp and pomace

9. Pectin from non fruit sources

10. Challenges and opportunities for pectin production: Is sustainability attainable by waste valorization?

Section III: Functional applications of pectin in food industry and allied arenas

11. Pectin in Dairy products and beverages

12. Pectin as an ingredient in low and reduced fat food products

13. Pectin as an ingredient in jams, fruit preparations, and confectionery

14. Pectin as an emulsifying agent in food products

15. Pectin-based active and biodegradable food packaging

16. Pectin as an encapsulation and delivery vehicle for food components

17. Pectin for pharmaceutical drug delivery

18. Pectin as a biomaterial in regenerative medicine and cellular agriculture

19. Pectin for environmental protection

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

FM

F.A. Masoodi

Prof. F.A. Masoodi, formerly Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Kashmir, India, is a senior Professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Kashmir. Prof. Masoodi has also served as the Dean of Applied Sciences along with being the Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology at University of Kashmir for 10 years, and Co-ordinator for 3 years. He is credited with the establishment of the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Food Pilot Plant at the University of Kashmir before which he was associated with Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology- Kashmir (SKUAST-K), SKUAST-J, and CCS HAU, Hisar (India). He graduated in Agricultural Sciences, and thereafter obtained higher education in Food Technology from reputed institutions of India including GBPUAT, Pantnagar and PAU, Ludhiana. Prof. Masoodi has more than 350 publications to his credit which have earned him more than 10000 citations, with an h-index of 63 and i-10 index of 176. He has supervised 15 PhD scholars and many post-graduate students for their dissertations. Prof. Masoodi has handled several extra-mural funded projects focussing on the enhancement of quality of traditional meat products, value addition of fruits and vegetables, and refinement of traditional fermentation technology. He has played a pioneering role in ensuring environmental and food sustainability by working on the utilization of apple pomace in bakery products, for the production of pectin and pullulan. Prof. Masoodi has also established Food Quality Control Laboratory at SKUAST-Jammu. Prof. Masoodi has held the membership of various National and State level committees including NAAC, ICMR, DBT, FSSAI, RuTAG and other academic councils of various universities. Besides this, he is on the Editorial board and reviewer of various National and International Journals.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

FN

Farah Naqash

Dr. Farah Naqash is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Integrative Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), UAE University, Al- Ain Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She holds a PhD in Food Technology from University of Kashmir, India. Her research during PhD was focused on isolation of biopolymers such as pectin from apple pomace and its potential applications. Dr. Farah has published more than 15 research articles and 5 book chapters in leading journals with high impact factor. She also served as Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Technology, IUST, India under TEQIP III project of MOE and World Bank. She has worked as PI and Co-PI of two extra mural funded projects at IUST, during her tenure. Besides this, she has also attended various conferences and seminars at National and International level.

Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Integrative Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (CAVM), UAE University, Al- Ain Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

PJ

Prakash Maran Jeganathan

Prof. Prakash Maran Jeganathan holds a PhD in Food Technology from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His area of research is valorisation of industrial waste into valuable by products mainly on pectin and its applications. He is working as Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his first Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Food Science and Nutrition from Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu, India and second Master’s (M.Tech.) in Food Processing Technology from Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Prof. Prakash Maran Jeganathan has more than 85 publications to his credit which have earned him more than 9000 citations, with an h-index of 51 and i-10 index of 80. He is an author for 4 books, published 8 chapters in reputed book publishers, supervised 4 PhD scholars and many UG & PG students in the field of Food Science and Technology. Further, he served as reviewer for different national and international Journals, delivered various lectures and act as a resource person in different international and national conferences, seminars and workshops. He was ranked in “World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier” since 2019.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India