Extraction of Pectin from Banana Pseudo Stem

Abstract

This study aims at to extraction of a valuable by-product, pectin, from a less-than-de- sirable source, namely banana pseudo stem considered to be an agro waste.. Pectin is a ver- satile biomolecule used in the food business as a thickening, gelling agent, emulsifier, and sta- bilizer. All plant cell wall include some amount of this molecule which is chemically similar to polysaccharides. Pectin was isolated by soxhlet extraction method, from banana pseudostems. In comparison to other procedures, this proce- dure yields 35% more pectin. The reliability of the product’s construction is tested by use of ftir (fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). X-ray diffraction was utilized to evaluate the pure pec- tin