The proportion of calcium-bound pectin i
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M. C. Jarvis
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Article
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1982
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The amount of pectin held in cell walls by ionic bonds only was determined by extraction with cyclohexanediamine tetraacetic acid (CDTA) at room temperature, to remove calcium ions without degrading the galacturonan chains. Enzymic degradation was avoided by extracting the cell walls with phenol-ace