The core carbohydrate structure of Acacia seyal var. seyal (Gum arabic)

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-227

  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; Acacia seyal; Gum arabic; Methylation analysis; Structural features

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874011591     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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