Agricultural Sciences, 2017, 8, 857-867 http://www.scirp.org/journal/as ISSN Online: 2156-8561 ISSN Print: 2156-8553 DOI: 10.4236/as.2017.88063 Aug. 30, 2017 857 Agricultural Sciences Value Added Products from Plant Processing Abduvaly Jonmurodov 1 , Jamshed Bobokalonov 1 , Surayo Usmanova 1 , Zayniddin Muhidinov 1* , Linshu Liu 2* 1 Chemistry Institute of the Tajikistan Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2 Eastern Regional Research Center ARS USDA, Wyndmoor, PA, USA Abstract Fat and wax (F&W) compounds have to be removed from raw plant materials before pectin and oligosaccharides (OS) can be isolated. In this research, the mixtures of F&W, and polyphenols and sugars were firstly separated from the roots of Eremurus hissaricus (Eremurus h.), and the byproducts of fruit processing, such as apple pomace, sunflower head residues, and grape seeds, etc., using hexane/ethanol or ethyl acetate as leaching reagents at various ra- tios of liquid to solid. The resultant mixtures were then extracted with an ethanol/water mixture to separate F&W from polyphenols and sugars. It was found that the F&W yield decreased in the sequence of apricot > apple > sun- flower head residues > peach > pumpkin with 21.84% in apricot as the highest number. The amount of alcohol-water soluble compounds (AWSC), mainly polyphenols and sugars, decreased in the sequence of peach > sunflower head residues > apricot > pumpkin > apple. No inter-dependence of AWSC and F&W was identified. Keywords Fats, Waxes, Pectin, Fruit Pomace, Sunflower Head, Grape Seedss, Grape Cake, Eremurus hissaricus 1. Introduction Before extracting pectin and oligosaccharides (OS) and other biologically active components from plant materials, the raw materials should undergo a defatting process in order to intensify the extraction and isolation processes. Fats and waxes have been used in various formulations for soap-making, skin and hair care, cooking and healing purposes. They give consistency and stability to body butters, healing balms, ointments, lip balms and creams. In addition, because waxes are not absorbed by the skin, they provide an outer layer of protection and How to cite this paper: Jonmurodov, A., Bobokalonov, J., Usmanova, S., Muhidinov, Z. and Liu, L.S. (2017) Value Added Prod- ucts from Plant Processing. Agricultural Sciences, 8, 857-867. https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2017.88063 Received: July 7, 2017 Accepted: August 27, 2017 Published: August 30, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access