Molecular biologists have used powerful new molecular biochemistry, microscopy and genetic techniques to solve, in unprecedented detail, the mechanisms of how flowering plants avoid polyspermy.

Health and wellness is creeping in to every aspect of the food industry. In the third in an in-depth special series, FoodNavigator examines the potential for pectin offer formulation solutions when ...

A diet containing fruits and vegetables contains pectins (plant polysaccharides). Pectin cannot be metabolized by mammalian cells in the gastrointestinal tract but is fermented by the gut microbiota ...

One of the hottest trends in food chemistry these days is an ingredient that has been around for generations: pectin. And chemical firms, which are increasingly keen on the high-growth food and ...