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. 2020 May 31;104(15):6527–6547. doi: 10.1007/s00253-020-10697-7

Table 1.

Composition of pectin-rich agro-industrial residues hydrolysates depending on their pre-treatment and hydrolysis

Feedstock Pre-treatment Hydrolysis Sugar composition after hydrolysis (g/100 g matter) Reference
Sugar beet pulp Steam explosion at 152 °C to 175.5 °C and 4 to 8 bar pressure (Soluble fraction) Acid hydrolysis: 72%H2SO4 for 1 h at 30 °C and 150 rpm Glucose 26 Hamley-Bennett et al. (2016)
Arabinose 24
Xylose 1.6
Rhamnose 2.4
Galactose 6
Galacturonic acid 14
(insoluble fraction) Enzyme hydrolysis: 0.5 mg cellulase/g glucan 50 °C with shaking for 24 h Glucose 10
Arabinose 0.4
Xylose 0.3
Rhamnose 0.1
Galactose 0.1
Galacturonic acid <0.1
Not used Enzyme hydrolysis: Viscozyme and Ultraflo Max (Novozymes) treatment Total of reducing sugars 6.6 Berlowska et al. (2017)
Apple pomace 15 g/L sulphuric acid for 16 min at 91 °C with laccase 100 units/L at 30 °C for 12 h at 90 rpm Enzyme hydrolysis: Viscozyme and Celluclast (0.5 μL/mL, 0.038 mg/mL) together with Novozyme188 (0.05 μL/mL, 0.0024 mg/mL) Galacturonic acid 33 Gama et al. (2015)
Glucose 21
Arabinose 17
Galactose 5
Not used Acid hydrolysis 1.5 g sulphuric acid/100 mL, 91 °C reaction temperature during 16 min 18.2 g of glucose and fructose/100 g dry matter Parmar and Rupasinghe (2012)
Not used

Acid hydrolysis

72% sulphuric acid for 45 min at room temperature and diluted with distilled water to 4% sulphuric acid, followed by autoclaving for 1 h at 121 °C

Galacturonic acid (not quantified) Choi et al. (2015)
Glucose 25
Fructose 24
Arabinose 6
Sucrose 9
Galactose 4
Xylose 6
Rhamnose 2
Not used Acid hydrolysis 2 M Trifluoroacetic acid for 2 h at 100 °C with constant shaking Rhamnose 0.5 Wikiera et al. (2015)
Arabinose 8
Glucose 12
Galactose 4
Xylose 4
Mannose 0.7
Acid hydrolysis 0.2 M Trifluoroacetic acid for 72 h at 80 °C with constant shaking Enzyme hydrolysis: Viscozyme (25 μL) incubated at 50 °C during 24 h with constant shaking Rhamnose 0.4
Arabinose 7
Glucose 11
Galactose 4
Xylose 4
Mannose 0.3
Citrus peel 80% v/v ethanol for 20 min, filtered on a sintered glass, and dried at 40 °C for 72 h Acid hydrolysis: 0.05 M hydrochloric acid at 85 °C Galacturonic acid 15 Yapo et al. (2007a)
Arabinose 4
Galactose 1
Glucose 1
Rhamnose 0.5
Not used Acid hydrolysis 72% sulphuric acid for 45 min at room temperature and diluted with distilled water to 4% sulphuric acid, followed by autoclaving for 1 h at 121 °C Orange peel Choi et al. (2015)
Galacturonic acid (not quantified)
Glucose 36
Fructose 12
Arabinose 6
Sucrose 5.6
Galactose 3
Xylose 2
Rhamnose 2
Lemon peel
Galacturonic acid (not quantified)
Glucose 27
Fructose 3
Arabinose 5
Sucrose 0
Galactose 5
Xylose 3
Rhamnose 2
Steam explosion at 150 °C for 10 min and 15 kg/cm pressure Pectinase, xylanase (5 mg/g dry matter) and β-glucosidase (2 mg/g dry matter) cocktail at 45 °C for 24 h Galacturonic acid (not quantified) Choi et al. (2013)
Glucose 45
Fructose 18
Arabinose 3
Galactose 2