The use of natural gums, taken from the exudates and extracts of plants, has been given a strong impulse due to both the many and lucrative possibilities for industrialization and to the excellent international market. A gum or resin of a yellowish color, soluble in water, and which presents a great potential for industrialization, appears on the trunk and branches of the cashew tree; that is k...

background & aim: tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of middle eastern egumes of the genus astragalus, that is a viscous, odorless, tasteless, water-soluble mixture of polysaccharides. tragacanth is used in pharmaceutical and foods industries as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive. sponge cake is one of the most popular bakery...

This paper is the first multi-scale characterization of the fluidize-dried gum extracted from the fresh fruits of the plant Abelmoschus esculentus. It describes the physical, thermal, sorptional and functional properties of this natural gum. Elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), particle size analysis, X-ray powder diffraction (XPRD), thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), differe...

This study investigated the emulsification properties of the native gums and those treated at high pressure (800 MPa) both at their "natural" pH (4.49 and 4.58, respectively) and under "acidic and basic" pH (2.8 and 8.0) conditions. The emulsification behaviour of KLTA gum was found to be superior to that of the GCA gum. High pressure and pH treatment changed the emulsification properties of bo...

background: the excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and biological properties of the hydrogels, fabricated using natural polymers, especially polysaccharides, are very advantageous for biomedical applications. gum tragacanth (gt) is a heterogeneous highly branched anionic polysaccharide, which has been used extensively in food and pharmaceutical industries. despite,  its desirable prop...

In this study a novel edible film plasticized with glycerol was prepared from plums gum and carboxy methyl cellulose. The mechanical, gas permeability and thermal properties of blends films Incorporated with four levels of glycerol (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% w/w) as plasticizer were determined. The aim of this study was to better understand the possibility of preparing composite edible film on the ...

The aim of present study is to exist a novel super disintegrants in fast dissolving tablet. Guar gum is a natural substance and used in many pharmaceutical product and it can also used as a super disintegrating agent in fast dissolving tablet. The result is that it released the 99.21% drug in 15min as compared to Sodium Starch Glycolate (SSG), where only 97.51% drug was released. The onset of t...

Durian seed is an agricultural biomass waste of durian fruit. It can be a natural plant source of non-starch polysaccharide gum with potential functional properties. The main goal of the present study was to investigate the effect of chemical extraction variables (i.e., the decolouring time, soaking temperature and soaking time) on the physicochemical properties of durian seed gum. The physicoc...

Background: The excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and biological properties of the hydrogels, fabricated using natural polymers, especially polysaccharides, are very advantageous for biomedical applications. Gum tragacanth (GT) is a heterogeneous highly branched anionic polysaccharide, which has been used extensively in food and pharmaceutical industries. Despite,  its desirable prop...

In the present investigation, an attempt was made to formulate sustained release matrix tablets of Diclofenac sodium using Gum acacia and Okra gum as release modifier. Six batches of sustained release matrix tablets of Diclofenac sodium were prepared by using different drug: polymer ratios viz. 1:1, 1:1.5, 1:2, 1:2.5, 1:3, and 1:3.5 for both gum acacia and Okra gum. The tablets were analyzed fo...