A further amendment to the classical core structure of gum arabic (Acacia senegal)

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Nie, Shao Ping ^a,b   Wang, Cathy ^b   Cui, Steve W ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^b   Xie, Ming Yong ^a   Phillips, Glyn O ^c,d  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Gum arabic (Acacia senegal); Methylation analysis; Structural characterization

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ALKYLATION; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

2-D NMR; ACACIA SENEGAL; CLASSICAL STRUCTURES; CORE STRUCTURE; GC/MS ANALYSIS; GUM ARABIC; GUM ARABIC (ACACIUM SENEGAL); METHYLATION ANALYSIS; SENEGAL; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870184626     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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