감귤과피로부터 다양한 생리활성 효과와 기능적 특성을 갖는 식이섬유(dietary fibers, DF)를 생산하기 위한 회분식 다단계 한외여과 공정에서 최적 분리 조건은 막횡단압력 7.5 psi,막분리 온도 $35^{circ}C$, 과피추출즙 pH 3.0으로 결정하였으며, MWCO 단계별 flux 측정에서는 YM10이 가장 높은 값을 나타내었으나 retentate 회수율과 DF 함량면에 있어서는 YM100 단계가 더 효율적인 것으로 나타났다. 각 단계별 총식이섬유 (total dietary fiber, TDF) 함량 비교 결과 본래 과피의 TDF 함량은 33.4%, 170 mesh retentate의 TDF 함량은 18.5%, YM100 retentate에서의 TDF 함량은 8.4%로 나타나 거의 대부분의 DF가 예비여과와 YM100단계에서 회수됨을 알 수 있었다.
Dietary fibers (DF) have been used as functional food components due to the various health promoting activities. Dietary fibers have been separated from the peels of Korean tangerine by employing ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. Optimum conditions in a batch type ultrafiltration unit using YM100 (molecular weight cut-off, MWCO=100,000), YM 10 (MWCO=10,000) and YM1 (MWCO=1,000) membranes were : transmembrane pressure 7.5 psi, temperature of the peel extracts $35^{circ}C$, and pH of the peel extract 3.0, respectively. The flux in YM 10 membrane unit was higher than that in YM 10 or YM 1 membrane unit. However, YM 100 membrane was superior to YM 10 or YM 1 membrane with respect to the recovery of the retentate and the contents of DF The contents of DF in the tangerine peel extract, in the 170 mesh retentate, and in the YM 100 retentate were shown to be 33.4%, 18.5% and 8.4% based on dry matter, respectively. Most dietary fibers were recovered at the separation stages of 170 mesh and YM 100.
