Effect of Ripening and Extraction Method on the Physicochemical Properties of Pectin Extracted from Peels of Apem and Apantu Plantain Cultivars in Ghana

Table 3

Characterization of the extracted pectin.

	EW (g/mol)	MeO (%)	AUA (%)	DE (%)
MGD	^a8333.00 ± 0.6^1	^a14.88 ± 0.14^1	^a94.17 ± 0.14^1	^a97.56 ± 0.14^1
MGL	^b1667.00 ± 0.28^1	^b11.16 ± 0.14^1	^b73.92 ± 0.14^1	^b88.89 ± 0.14^1
MHD	^a1351.00 ± 0.6^2	^a10.54 ± 0.14^2	^a72.86 ± 0.14^2	^a82.13 ± 0.14^2
MHL	^b10000.00 ± 0.14^2	^b9.61 ± 0.07^2	^b56.32 ± 0.07^2	^b96.88 ± 0.07^2
MRD	^a4545.00 ± 0.07^3	^a9.92 ± 0.14^3	^a72.65 ± 0.14^3	^a94.67 ± 0.14^3
MRL	^b5000.00 ± 0.07^3	^b7.44 ± 0.07^3	^b45.76 ± 0.07^3	^b93.71 ± 0.07^4
TGD	^c3125.00 ± 0.14^4	^c12.40 ± 0.21^4	^c90.11 ± 0.21^4	^c92.59 ± 0.21^5
TGL	^d2778.00 ± 0.01^4	^d11.07 ± 0.28^4	^d69.17 ± 0.28^4	^d90.84 ± 0.28^5
THD	^c2632.00 ± 0.01^5	^c13.16 ± 0.98^5	^c81.42 ± 0.98^5	^c91.32 ± 0.98^6
THL	^d10000.00 ± 0.07^5	^d11.44 ± 0.21^5	^d66.70 ± 0.21^5	^d97.36 ± 0.21^6
TRD	^c4545.00 ± 0.07^6	^c12.50 ± 0.01^6	^c74.27 ± 0.01^6	^c95.64 ± 0.01^7
TRL	^d1563.00 ± 0.14^6	^d8.68 ± 0.14^6	^d60.54 ± 0.14^6	^d83.33 ± 0.14^7

Columns with the same superscript letter show a significant difference between ripening stages and those with the same superscript number show a significant difference between the methods of extraction (). Each value is represented as mean ± SD (n = 3).