SHEET /m/pectin · MoleculeFinder curated (no single PubChem compound) · REV 2026.07
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Pectin
from sourcepolysaccharide · food flavor
What is Pectin?
The plant fibre that sets jam. It is what holds plant cells to each other, and it is why some fruits jell readily and others need help. Found in fruit and citrus. from source
CategoryFood & flavor
No single structure
Pectin is a polysaccharide: a large chain of sugar units. It has no single 2D or 3D structure, molecular weight or SMILES, so MoleculeFinder models it by hand.
ClassPolysaccharideinferred
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