Industrial gums : polysaccharides and their derivatives /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Whistler, Roy Lester.; BeMiller, James N.
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 1973.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780127462523
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xii, 807 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780323161312
0323161316
Index Number: TP979
CLC: O636.1
Contents: A: Natural gums -- Factors influencing gum costs and applications -- Solute-solvent interractions in polysaccharide systems -- Seaweed extracts -- Agar -- Algin -- Carrageenan -- Fucoidan -- Furcellaran -- Laminaran -- Seaweed extracts of potential economic importance -- Plant exudates -- Gum arabic -- Gum ghatti -- Cum karaya -- Gum tragacanth -- Seed gums -- Cuar gum -- Locust bean gum -- Quince seed, psyllium seed, flax seed, and okra gums -- Tamarind -- Plant extracts -- Larch arabinogalactan -- Pectin -- Animal extract -- Chitin -- B: Prepared gums -- Biosynthetic gums -- Xanthan and some other biosynthetic gums -- Scleroglucan -- Dextrans -- Starch fractions and derivatives -- Starch amylose -- Starch amylopectin (waxy corn and waxy sorghum) -- Starch dextrins -- Starch hydroxyethyl ethers and other starch ethers -- Cellulose derivatives -- Methylcellulose and its derivatives -- Hydroxyalkyl derivatives of cellulose -- Ethylhydroxethylcellulose -- Sodium carboxymethylcellulose.