Characterisation of gum from Acacia senegal trees of different age and location using multidetection gel permeation chromatography

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-388

  Idris, O H M ^a   Williams, P A ^a   Phillips, G O ^a  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia senegal gum; Gel permeation chromatography; Gum arabic; Molecular mass distribution; On line multiangle laser light scattering; On line photon correlation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACACIA SENEGAL;

EID: 0007887884     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-005X(98)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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