Meet the editor

Martin A. Masuelli is a Inv. Adj. professor at the Instituto de Física Aplicada, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and an associate professor at the National University of San Luis (UNSL), Argentina. He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Membrane Technology from UNSL. He has served as the director of the Physics Chemistry Service Laboratory, UNSL, since 2014. He is an expert in polysaccharides and the

physical chemistry of macromolecules. Dr. Masuelli has authored or co-authored more than thirty-two peer-reviewed international publications, eight book chapters, and seventy communications in international congresses. He has also edited seven books. He is a member of the Sociedad Argentina de Ciencia y Tecnología Ambiental, Asociación Argentina de Fisicoquímica y Química Inorgánica, and Asociación Argentina de Tecnólogos de Alimentos. He is editor in chief and founder of the Journal of Polymer and Biopolymers Physics Chemistry and an editorial board member for various other journals. His research interests include hydropolymers, biopolymers (separative, purification processes, and characterization), physiochemistry of macromolecules, membrane technology and design (NF-UF-MF), and separative processes.

Contents

**Section 1**

*and Rocío Sierra*

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*and Giovanni Vozzi*

and Environmental Perspective

*by Asra Hamidi (Ataran)*

*by Jahidul Hassan, Md. Noor-E-Azam Khan,* 

*Jiasmin Akter and Md. Faisal Ahamed Hasan*

Biotechnology Applications in the Pectin Industry

*by Mohamed Bassim Atta and Fernanda Ruiz-Larrea*

Pectin-Based Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications *by Anna Lapomarda, Aurora De Acutis, Carmelo De Maria* 

Fungal Pectinases in Food Technology

The Microbial Degradation for Pectin *by Abdelrahman Mosaad Khattab*

**Preface XI**

Pectin Production **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

Pectin Biotechnology **39**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 83**

Pectin Applications **109**

**Chapter 6 111**

Production of Pectin from Citrus Residues: Process Alternatives and Insights on Its Integration under the Biorefinery Concept *by Daniel David Durán-Aranguren, Caren Juliana Alméciga Ramírez, Laura Catalina Villabona Díaz, Manuela Ayalde Valderrama* 

Sustainable Horticultural Waste Management: Industrial

*Md. Mijanur Rahman Rajib, Maksuratun Nahar Suborna,* 
