Pectin and Pectin-Based Composite Materials: Beyond Food Texture.
Claudia Lara-EspinozaElizabeth Carvajal-MillanRené Balandrán-QuintanaYolanda Leticia López-FrancoAgustín Rascón-ChuPublished in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (2018)
Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars branching that harbor functional moieties. Physicochemical features as pH, temperature, ions concentration, and cosolute presence, affect directly the extraction yield and gelling capacity of pectins. The chemical and structural features of this polysaccharide enables its interaction with a wide range of molecules, a property that scientists profit from to form new composite matrices for target/controlled delivery of therapeutic molecules, genes or cells. Considered a prebiotic dietary fiber, pectins meetmany regulations easily, regarding health applications within the pharmaceutical industry as a raw material and as an agent for the prevention of cancer. Thus, this review lists many emergent pectin-based composite materials which will probably palliate the impact of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, aid to forestall actual epidemics, expand the ken of food additives and food products design.
Keyphrases
- cell wall
- type diabetes
- human health
- induced apoptosis
- healthcare
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- public health
- cardiovascular disease
- weight loss
- mental health
- cell cycle arrest
- risk assessment
- genome wide
- young adults
- computed tomography
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- social media
- gene expression
- signaling pathway
- health information
- cell proliferation
- transcription factor
- adipose tissue
- pi k akt