12. April 2016

Highlights • We develop calcium pectinate gel beads using pectins from the cell walls of callus cultures. • The bead systems from callus culture pectins show a high stability at pH 1.25 and pH 7.0. • Controlled release appeared to be related to the higher linearity, Mw and the lower DE of the pectins. •Callus cultures pectic gels can be proposed as potential systems for colon-targeted drug delivery. More