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Recovery of Limonoid Glucosides from Citrus Molasses
Author(s) -
Schoch T.K.,
Manners G.D.,
Hasegawa S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2002.tb08876.x
Subject(s) - limonoid , chemistry , divinylbenzene , styrene , ion exchange , chromatography , organic chemistry , ion , copolymer , polymer
A method to recover multi‐gram quantities of limonoid glucosides from citrus molasses using ion‐exchange and styrene/divinylbenzene resins has been developed. A cation exchange resin is used to decolorize the molasses, while an anion exchanger is used to separate limonoid glucosides from other negatively charged compounds. Styrene/divinylbenzene resins are used to bind limonoid glucosides and remove water‐soluble materials. The method affords approximately 5 grams of a water‐soluble powder containing over 60% by weight limonoid glucosides per liter of molasses. An analysis of the efficiency of the method shows that less than 10% of the total limonoid glucosides are lost during recovery.