Studies on Tanzanian Acacia gums, Part I. Some properties of gum exudates from Acacia drepanolobium and Acacia seyal var. seyal

Discovery and Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-364

  Mhinzi, G S ^a   Mosha, D M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Acacia spp.; Gum arabic; Insolubulity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012872321     PISSN: 1015079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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