Valorization of Neolamarckia cadamba fruit peel into pectin: an integrated RSM–ANN modeling and structural characterization approach
The growing demand for sustainable, clean-label food ingredients has driven the search for alternative sources of functional biopolymers like pectin. This study explores fruit peel waste from Neolamarckia cadamba, an underutilized agro-resource, as a novel substrate for pectin extraction. The extraction process was opt...