Gum Karaya : Botany, Gum Tapping, Applications, and Biotechnology, Hardcover ...

by T. Pullaiah

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Gum Karaya : Botany, Gum Tapping, Applications, and Biotechnology, Hardcover by Pullaiah, T. (EDT); Prasad, Niranjan (EDT); Bhakshu, L. (EDT); Swamy, Mallappa Kumara (EDT), ISBN 1032573430, ISBN-13 9781032573434, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Polysaccharide gums have a wide range of applications due to their hydrophilic properties. They have been used as a gelling agent, encapsulating agent, thickener, emulsifier, and stabilizer. Sourcing natural gums from botanical and plant sources has become an important focus in producing acceptable food ingredients in liquids and semi-solid forms. This is mainly because of the positive attitude of consumers toward plant-based gums rather than other gums from animal and microbial sources. Gum karaya, also known as Indian tragacanth, is a vegetable gum produced as an exudate by trees of the genus Sterculia. Gum karaya has very strong swelling properties, high viscosity, and very poor solubility because of its acetyl groups. Therefore, it is mainly used incosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Gum karaya is one of the least soluble gums used for many industries such as petroleum and gas, textile, paper and pulp, leather and allied products, ammunition and explosives, electrical appliances, adhesives, confectionery, medicine, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Because of the crude tapping method and overexploitation, the population of karaya trees has markedly declined. In the absence of cultivation of this tree on the regular plantation, the

• Publisher: CRC Press LLC
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781032573434
• Condition: Fine

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