| CAP | Citric acid pectin |
| AOPP | Ammonium oxalate pectic polysaccharides |
| Mw | Molecular weight |
| HG | Homogalacturonan |
| RGI | Rhamnogalacturonan I |
| DM | Degree of methyl esterification |
| TPC | Total phenolic content |
| WRC | Water retention capacity |
| OHC | Oil holding capacity |
| DB-RGI | Degree of branching of rhamnogalacturonan I |
| EB-RGI | Extent of branching of rhamnogalacturonan I |
| LP | Linearity of pectin |
| PP | Pectin purity |
| GalA | Galacturonic acid |
| Rha | Rhamnose |
| Xyl | Xylose |
| Ara | Arabinose |
| Gal | Galactose |
| Glc | Glucose |
| Man | Mannose |
| GC-FID | Gas Chromatography coupled to Flame Ionisation Detector |
| HPSEC-ELSD | High-Performance Size-Exclusion Chromatography (HPSEC) coupled to Evaporative Light Scattering Detector (ELSD) |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy |
| XRD | X-ray Diffraction |