pectin

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When grapes are crushed, the juice produced contains tiny particles of pectins, carbohydrates and proteins, which create a haze or cloudiness in the wine.

From National Geographic • Jul. 20, 2023

Even the waste is used to make such citrus byproducts as citrus pectins, citric acid and lemon oils.

From Time Magazine Archive

For purposes of study, these compounds may conveniently be divided into three groups; namely, the natural gums and pentosans, the pectins and mucilages, and the celluloses.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Many fruits, such as currants, gooseberries, apples, pears, etc., and many fleshy roots of vegetables, such as carrots, parsnips, etc., contain substances known as pectins.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Other enzymes, known as "pectinases," which coagulate the soluble pectins or pectic acids into insoluble jellies in the tissues of the plants seem to aid the plant in resisting the penetration by the parasite.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred