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Table 2 Carbohydrate composition (% dry matter) of pectin

From: Scaling up and scaling down the production of galactaric acid from pectin using Trichoderma reesei

Pectin

Sigma P1935

Meridianstar rapid set

d-Galacturonate

65.6

43.0

d-Glucose

1.7

35.5

l-Arabinose

1.2

1.5

d-Galactose + d-xylose

11

4

  1. Pectin was hydrolysed by addition of 0.5–1.0 mL L−1 Pectinex Ultra with 0.1 mL L−1 Pectinex Smash and incubation at 40 °C. d-Galactose and d-xylose were not separated on the HPLC column used