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Gum arabic

About: Gum arabic is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2197 publications have been published within this topic receiving 47782 citations. The topic is also known as: acacia gum.


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TL;DR: The structure of acacia gum molecules was determined using size exclusion chromatography coupled with multi-angle laser light scattering, refractometry and viscosimetry as discussed by the authors, which revealed the presence of many molecular species, including large aggregates, the arabino-galactan protein fraction (AraGP), the arabiino-Galactan fraction(AraG) and the glyco-protein fraction (GP).

210 citations

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TL;DR: Bixin was encapsulated by spray-drying with gum arabic or maltodextrin, and the stability was evaluated in aqueous solution both under illumination or in the dark at 21 °C as mentioned in this paper.

205 citations

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TL;DR: Pomegranate juice was diluted to 12° Brix and carriers (maltodextrin, gum Arabic, waxy starch) were added with varying concentrations of cellulose before being reduced to powder by spray drying to improve dryer yield.
Abstract: Pomegranate juice was diluted to 12° Brix and carriers (maltodextrin, gum Arabic, waxy starch) were added with varying concentrations of cellulose before being reduced to powder by spray drying. All carrier concentrations improved dryer yield, with gum Arabic being the most effective. The bulk density of the powder decreased when higher carrier concentrations were used. As cellulose concentration increased in solution, the solubility of the final product decreased. The optical properties of the powder were affected by the type and concentration of the carrier; powders produced with gum Arabic showed the greatest color change. Adding a carrier increased the Tg of the powder and its storage stability. Variation in the anthocyanin may be related to the type of carrier agent and its behavior during spray drying.

204 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicate that under these dietary conditions, the addition of oligosaccharides to the diet induced a 20 to 30% decrease in blood urea and renal and renal nitrogen excretion relative to the control, indicating a potential for oligOSaccharide diet therapy in chronic renal disease.
Abstract: The availability of fermentable carbohydrates could influence the digestive degradation and disposal of blood urea. The effects of a poorly fermented cellulosic oat fiber, a soluble fermentable fiber (gum arabic) or one of two oligosaccharides (fructooligosaccharide or xylooligosaccharide) on nitrogen excretion were compared with a wheat starch-based control diet in male Wistar rats. The fibers and oligosaccharides were added to the semipurified diets at 7.5 g/100 g in place of wheat starch. The diets contained 13 g casein/100 g. Oat fiber did not cause an enlargement of the cecum. In contrast, gum arabic and the oligosaccharides elicited a 35-60% enlargement of the cecal wall and a 2 to 2.6-fold mean increase in the cecal pool of short chain fatty acids. Compared with rats fed the oat fiber-based diet, urea flux from blood to cecum was nearly 50% greater and more than 120% greater in those fed the gum arabic and oligosaccharide diets, respectively. In those groups, net nitrogen retention in the cecum more than doubled (nitrogen retention was calculated as the difference between net urea nitrogen flux into the cecum and ammonia nitrogen reabsorption). As a percentage of total excreted nitrogen, fecal nitrogen was 20% in the oat fiber group and 27-29% in the gum arabic and oligosaccharide groups, compared with only 10% in fiber-free controls. Results indicate that under these dietary conditions, the addition of oligosaccharides to the diet induced a 20 to 30% decrease in blood urea and renal and renal nitrogen excretion relative to the control, indicating a potential for oligosaccharide diet therapy in chronic renal disease.

202 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the composition, solubility, foamability and moisture sorption characteristics of Flax seed (Linwn usitatissimum L.) mucilage were determined.
Abstract: Flax seed (Linwn usitatissimum L.) mucilage was prepared by extraction of seeds with water followed by evaporation, precipitation with ethanol and freeze drying of extract. Proximate composition, solubility, foamability and moisture sorption characteristics were determined. The mucilage contained less carbohydrates, more minerals and more protein than commercial locust bean and guar gums. Its solubility, however, was higher than locust bean and guar gums, and lower than gum arabic. Flax seed mucilage exhibited good foam stability properties in aqueous solutions at 1.0% (w/v). Very diluted solutions exhibited Newtonian-like behavior while shear thinning was shown at concentrations above 0.2% (w/v). The viscosity was maximum at a pH range 6.0–8.0 and it was reduced in solutions containing NaCl.

201 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023147
2022285
2021120
2020128
2019137
2018127