Process for preparing pectin from plant tissues
OwnerTakuo Sakai, Tohoru Katsuragiinventors
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Abstract
A process for preparing pectin, which is useful for foods and medicines or the like, by subjecting a plant tissue containing pectic substances to the action of a microorganism which belongs to the genus Endomyces, Endomycopsis, Saccharomyces, Shizosaccharomyces, Pichia, Hansenula, Debaryomyces, Hanseniaspora, Torulopsis, Candida or Kluyveromyces and possesses an activity liberating pectin from a plant tissue; or of a culture broth or processed material thereof to liberate pectin from said plant tissue; and recovering pectin.
Claims3
A process for preparing pectin comprising subjecting a plant tissue containing pectin substances to the action of a microorganism selected from Kluyveromyces fragilis IFO 0288 or Kluyveromyces marxianus IFO 0277 which possesses an activity of liberating pectin from a plant tissue or to the action of a culture broth or processed material of said microorganism which possesses an activity of liberating pectin from plant tissue to liberate pectin from said plant tissues, and recovering the pectin.
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