Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review

Pectin is a biocompatible polysaccharide with intrinsic biological activity, which may exhibit different structures depending on its source or extraction method. The of pectin from various industrial by-products presents itself as green option for the valorization agro-industrial residues by producing high commercial value product. susceptible to physical, chemical, and/or enzymatic changes. numerous functional groups present in structure can stimulate functionalities, and certain modifications enable countless applications food, agriculture, drugs, biomedicine. It currently trend use produce edible coating protect foodstuff, antimicrobial bio-based films, nanoparticles, healing agents, cancer treatment. Advances methodology, sources extraction, knowledge about structural modification have significantly expanded properties, yields, this polysaccharide. Recently, structurally modified has shown better properties bioactivities than native one. In addition, be used conjunction wide variety biopolymers differentiated specific functionalities. context, review characteristics information polysaccharide, respective applications, perspectives, future challenges.