CELLMonday, 14 March 2005

8:20 AM-12:30 PM Convention Center -- Room 32B, Oral
Pectins: Health and Agrichemical Applications
Structure, Biosynthesis and Commercial Production
Organizers:Debra Mohnen
Arland T. Hotchkiss Jr.
Presiding:Bhimanagouda S. Patil
8:20 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:30 AMPectic polysaccharides in plant cell walls: Structure and function
Alan G. Darvill
9:00 AMPotential of pectins as structurally complex polymers
Alphons G. J. Voragen, S.E. Guillotin, G.J. Coenen, J.S. Zandleven, S.W.A. Hinz, J-P. Vincken, G. Beldman, H. A. Schols
9:30 AMPectin is synthesised as a complex with xyloglucan in the Golgi apparatus in pea
Elias Baydoun, Roula M Abdel-Massih, Carol M Cumming, Hind D Rizkallah, Chris T Brett
10:00 AMPectin synthesis and its relevance to understanding pectin function
Debra Mohnen, Jason D. Sterling, Kerry L. Hosmer, Melanie Atmodjo, Alanna A.V. Cronk, V. S. Kumar Kolli, Kyle A. Smith, Foye Adeyemo, Glenn Freshour, Crystal L. Jackson, Michael G. Hahn
10:30 AMIntermission
11:00 AMFlash extraction of pectin
Arland T. Hotchkiss Jr., Wilbur W. Widmer, Marshall L. Fishman
11:30 AMGlobal structure of high methoxyl pectin deposited from solution and in sugar acid gels
Marshall L. Fishman, Peter H. Cooke, Hoa K. Chau, David R. Coffin
12:00 PMCommercial pectins for pharmaceutical uses: Production, purity, and properties
Hans-Ulrich Endress

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