New perspectives for banana peel polysaccharides and their conversion to oligosaccharides

• Published in: Food research international Vol. 149; p. 110706
• Main Authors: Pereira, Maria Angélica F., Cesca, Karina, Poletto, Patrícia, de Oliveira, Débora
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01-11-2021
• Subjects: Cello-oligosaccharides; Pectin oligosaccharides; Prebiotic; Xylooligosaccharides; Cello-oligosaccharides; Prebiotic; Pectin oligosaccharides; Xylooligosaccharides
• ISSN: 0963-9969; 1873-7145
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110706

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•The cell wall of banana peel is a source of pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose.•The fractionation of banana peel allows obtaining oligosaccharides.•Pectin and cellulose oligosaccharides from banana peel showed prebiotic activity.•Banana peel can be a new biomass in the context of oligosaccharide production.
Banana peel is a source of polysaccharides: pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose. Recent studies have shown that these carbohydrate fractions can be converted into oligomers, which have applications in food, feed and pharmaceuticals, claiming important technical, functional and biological activities. Potential prebiotic activity of pectin and cellulose oligosaccharides obtained from banana peel was already reported. Based on technologies developed for fractionation and extraction of polysaccharides, such as pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose, banana peel can be explored to obtain functional oligosaccharides.