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Isolation and spectroscopic study of pectic substances from kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)
Christos S Pappas1, Petros A Tarantilis, Moschos G Polissiou
1Department of Science, Laboratory of Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 lera Odos, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
Natural Product Research
|May 10, 2003
Abstract:
Pectins were isolated from bark, wood and pith of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) variety Cuba108. Imidazole was used as extractant. The isolated pectins were studied by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR) spectroscopy and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). From the spectroscopic investigation, the isolated pectic substances were found similar to commercial pectins.