A comparison of the physicochemical and immunological properties of the plant gum exudates of Acacia Senegal (gum arabic) and Acacia seyal (gum tahla)

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 991-999

  Menzies, A R ^a,d   Osman, M E ^b   Malik, A A ^c   Baldwin, T C ^c  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia Senegal; Acacia seyal; Arabinogalactan protein; Gum arabic; Gum tahla

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GUM ARABIC; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACACIA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EXCIPIENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GUM ARABIC;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ACACIA SEYAL;

EID: 0029909882     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039609374485     Document Type: Article

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