• Dipak D. Dhobi
• Dr. Hemangi Desai

Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, grapes, peaches, strawberries and apples deserve special attention for remarkable production of pectin. In the present work we have extracted pectin first time from these citrus fruits solid waste obtained from greengrocery dustbin. An optimization study for extraction of pectin from these citrus fruit solid waste using variables like pH, microwave illumination time (sec.) and illumination power (W) was performed and optimal conditions (1.5 pH, 120 s illumination time, 300 W illumination power) were resoluted with maximum (34.55%) pectin yield. The structure of extracted product was confirmed through structural characterizations like FT-IR and elemental analysis.

Citrus fruits solid waste; Pectin extraction; Microwave illumination

"YIELD OPTIMIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF EXTRACTED PECTIN FROM CITRUS FRUITS SOLID WASTE UNDER MICROWAVE ILLUMINATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.e33-e40, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202405.pdf

"YIELD OPTIMIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF EXTRACTED PECTIN FROM CITRUS FRUITS SOLID WASTE UNDER MICROWAVE ILLUMINATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppe33-e40, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202405.pdf