FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (12): 226-230.

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Extractation and Characteristics of Polysaccharides from Lotus Root Pomace

YAN  Lang, ZHANG  Shu-Ming, ZHANG  Fan-Hua, SHI  Bao-Xia, LI  Shu-Yan, LI  Quan-Hong   

  1. College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Online:2007-12-15 Published:2011-11-22

Abstract: For comprehensive use of the pomace of lotus roots, water-soluble polysaccharides and insoluble dietary fibre were extracted and their characteristics were studied as well. Polysaccharides were obtained by hot-water extraction, ethanol precipitation, sevag method removing protein and then purificated by DEAE Sepharose Fast-flow, and NPh1 and NPh2 were fractioned. HPLC showed NPh2 was a pure acid polysaccharide with relative molecule weight more than 2000 kD that mainly composed of galactose, arabinose, rhamnose, glucose, fucose and xylose with molar ratio of 26.74: 16.17: 5.69: 5.49: 2.31:1. Dietary fibre being gained by alkaline hydrolyzation and decolored by H2O2, the yield was 26.97% and its water-holding capability and swelling power were 7.58 g/g and 9.0 ml/g, respectively. Results showed that lotus roots pomace can be a good source of water-soluble polysaccharides and insoluble dietary fibre.

Key words: lotus roots, pomace, polysaccharide, dietary fibre