Characteristics and quality of gum arabic from naturally grown Acacia senegal (Linne) Willd. trees in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Yebeyen, Dagnew ^a   Lemenih, Mulugeta ^b   Feleke, Sisay ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

^c Ethiopian Institute of Agriculture Research (EIAR)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Drylands; Industrial application; International specifications; Physico chemical characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; FLAVONOIDS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SPECIFICATIONS; TANNINS; VISCOSITY;

ACACIA SENEGAL; ASH CONTENTS; DRY LAND; ETHIOPIA; GUM ARABIC; INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC; RIFT VALLEY; SPECIFIC ROTATIONS;

MOISTURE;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL;

EID: 47849125646     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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