Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Shubham Kachare, Shubham Barolia, Hritika Basel, Syed Muzaffar Ali, Md. Nazmul Hassan and Arya

Abstract:
An investigation was undertaken with orange peel powder to extract pectin and study the yield of pectin and its characters. The peel powder was mixed with 0.5M HCL maintaining 1.5 pH to create solution which was centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes. To determine the MAE conditions practical was performed. Solution was placed in microwave oven. Parameters maintained were microwave power 540 watt for time of 2, 3, 4 minutes. The solution was irradiated in microwave and thereafter let it cool to room temperature. After pectin formation, pectin was washed by ethanol solution in 95%, 90% and 85% to get more purified form of pectin. Then it was dried in hot air oven in 70degree till dried. Among the three determination it was concluded that with 540watts for time 4 minutes gave the best yield of pectin. According to our other test highest yield was also provided with 480watts with 9 minutes.