Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2025, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (3): 712-718.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20231177

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Enzymatic hydrolysis process of citrus peel and its effect on the production characteristics of reducing sugars and flavonoids as active products

TAO Anan1(), WU Yuejuan2, GU Pin3, LUO Zhe4,5, YUAN Feng5, QIU Hao4,5, LI Guolei6,*()   

  1. 1. Xiangshan County Agricultural and Rural Green Development Center,Xiangshan 315700,Zhejiang
    2. Ningbo Yanxiang Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd.,Xiangshan 315734,Zhejiang
    3. Xiangshan Yonghong Fruit and Vegetable Co., Ltd.,Xiangshan 315736,Zhejiang
    4. Zhejiang Key Research Laboratory of Agricultural Resources and Environment,Hangzhou 310058,Zhejiang
    5. College of Environment and Resources, Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310058,Zhejiang
    6. Xiangshan County Agricultural Technology Extension Center,Xiangshan 315700,Zhejiang
  • Received:2023-12-10 Online:2025-03-11 Published:2025-04-02
  • Contact: LI Guolei

Abstract:

In order to promote the high-value resource utilization of discarded citrus peels, including rotten citrus fruits, through biological enzymatic conversion, the effects of a composite enzyme composed of cellulase and pectinase on the enzymatic hydrolysis of citrus peels and the production characteristics of their active products, reducing sugars and flavonoids, were investigated based on single factor changes such as cellulase and pectinase addition, composite enzyme ratio, enzymatic hydrolysis temperature, pH value, substrate concentration, and enzymatic hydrolysis time. The results showed that the optimized process parameters for the enzymatic hydrolysis of citrus peel by composite enzyme were the substrate concentration (citrus peel∶water) of 1∶2, the total addition of 0.10% cellulase and pectinase (enzyme ratio 1∶1), the pH value of 4.5, the temperature of 55 ℃, and the time of 24 h. Under these conditions, the degradation rate of citrus peel, the content of reducing sugars in the solution, and the extraction amount of flavonoids reached the maximum, which were 99.80%, 10.14%, and 20.37 mg·g-1, respectively.

Key words: citrus peel, enzymatic hydrolysis, reducing sugar, flavonoids

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