Evaluation of treatments to reduce hardness of Agave americana core
| Audiencia | Público en general | es_ES |
| Cobertura | México | es_ES |
| Fecha de ingreso | 2026-10-05T16:33:12Z | |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006-01-01 | |
| Resumen | Agave americana contains inulin as storage carbohydrate. Therefore, agave is interesting to be used for the extraction of inulin by pressing. The yield of the process is low due to the high hardness of the core. The objective of this work was to evaluate pretreatments to reduce the hardness in the process of obtaining inulin by pressing. Treatments with water, sulphuric acid 1 \% (by mass) or sodium hydroxide 1 \% (by mass) were tested and optimized. The pretreatment of the core of A. americana with sulphuric acid 1 \% allowed the reduction of hardness from 30 000 g to 2000 g of breaking force. The mathematical model obtained predicts an optimum processing at 84 degrees C during 75 min. The treatment with sulphuric acid 1 \% also allows white core of A. americana to be obtained, while the other treatments provide yellow core. These results open a good alternative to obtain value added products from this resource. | es_ES |
| URI | https://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5020 | |
| Idioma | en | es_ES |
| Editorial | FACULTY FOOD TECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY | es_ES |
| Relación | Food Technology and Biotechnology | es_ES |
| Derechos | Acceso restringido / Suscripción (Metadatos de producción científica) | es_ES |
| Licencia | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec | es_ES |
| Fuente | Food Technology and Biotechnology | |
| Palabra clave | Agave americana | es_ES |
| Palabra clave | inulin | es_ES |
| Palabra clave | hardness | es_ES |
| Palabra clave | colour | es_ES |
| Título | Evaluation of treatments to reduce hardness of Agave americana core | es_ES |
| Tipo | Artículo | es_ES |
| Arbitrado | Ha sido Arbitrado | es_ES |
| Autor | Ramirez, Jose A. | |
| Autor | Gomez-Ayala, Rocio C. | |
| Autor | Jacques-Hernandez, Cuauhtemoc | |
| Autor | Vazquez, Manuel | |
| Autor | Ramirez, Jose A. | es_ES |
| Autor | Gomez-Ayala, Rocio C. | es_ES |
| Autor | Jacques-Hernandez, Cuauhtemoc | es_ES |
| Autor | Vazquez, Manuel | es_ES |
| Institución | Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas | |
| Institución | Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas | es_ES |
| Número | 4 | es_ES |
| Rango de páginas | 545-551 | es_ES |
| Tipo de artículo | Indexado | |
| Tipo de artículo | Indexado | es_ES |
| Volumen | 44 | es_ES |