“…Moreover, PME promotes a decrease in juice stability through the precipitation of de-esterified pectin derivatives with calcium ions found in the juice, and the liberation of methanol (Alana, Gabilondo, Hernando, & Moragues, 1989). However, if the clarification process is carried out only with pectinlyase (PL), the presence of methanol is not detected in the juice (Ishii & Yokotsuka, 1971). Table 1 Total pectinase activity (TPA), exo-polygalacturonase (exo-PG), pectin methylesterase (PME), pectinlyase (PL) and cellulase (FPase) in experimental enzymatic extracts and commercial preparations.…”