Gums and Mucilages

Plant exudates Tree or Shrub exudate

a. Tragacanth/ gum tragacanth

3 forms

1. Vermiform wormlike twisted in coils

2. Tragacanth sorts tearlike
3. Ribbon/ flake gum has longitudinal striations (by man made injuries

Components

- Bassorin - sixty-seventy percent swelling property

- Tragacanthin thirty-forty percent water soluble

Tragacanth vs Acacia

- Resistant to hydrolysis

B acacia/ gum Arabic exudate from Acacia Senegal

Arabin suspending agent (35%)

C. Ghatti gum/ Indian gum- exudate from Anogeissus latifolia

Use substitute for acacia (more viscous dispersions)

D. Karata gum/ Sterculia gum exudate rom Sterculia urens

Use bulk laxative, emulsifying agent, dental adhesive

TAGhKa

Marine gums
a. Sodium alginate / algin
 - From brown seweeds (macrocystic pyrifera
- Components salts of alginic acid, mannuronic acid (responsible for
swallowing
- Uses- suspending agent, food industry (ice cream, chocolate),
gastroprotectant (gaviscon
b. Agar/ Japanese isinglass/ Gulaman (plantsource
c. Gelatin animal source

2 components of agar

Both has sulfate ester

1. Agarose
2. Agaropectin higher sulfate ester content (swelling property of agar)