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Gum arabic from acacia tree

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Synonym(s):

Acacia gum

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UNSPSC Code:
13111102
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available only in Japan

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Other Notes

Believed to be a branched polymer of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and glucuronic acid as the calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts with a mol. wt. of approx. 250,000.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Omaima Nasir et al.
Kidney & blood pressure research, 35(5), 365-372 (2012-04-05)
Gum arabic (GA) is a Ca(2+)-, Mg(2+)- and K(+)-rich dietary fiber used for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease in Middle Eastern countries. In healthy mice, GA treatment increases creatinine clearance, renal ADH excretion, as well as intestinal
Igor A Schepetkin et al.
International immunopharmacology, 8(10), 1455-1466 (2008-07-04)
Opuntia polyacantha (prickly pear cactus) has been used extensively for its nutritional properties; however, less is known regarding medicinal properties of Opuntia tissues. In the present study, we extracted polysaccharides from O. polyacantha and used size-exclusion chromatography to fractionate the
Yadong Yang et al.
Food chemistry, 135(2), 555-561 (2012-08-08)
The interactions between fish gelatin (FG) and gum arabic (GA) in aqueous solutions were investigated by turbidimetry, methylene blue spectrophotometry, zeta potentiometry, dynamic light scattering, protein assay, and state diagram at 40 °C and a total biopolymer concentration (C(T)) of
Badreldin H Ali et al.
PloS one, 8(2), e55242-e55242 (2013-02-06)
Inflammation and oxidative stress are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease in humans, and in chronic renal failure (CRF) in rats. The aim of this work was to study the role of inflammation and oxidative
Lynne A Isbell et al.
American journal of physical anthropology, 150(2), 286-300 (2013-01-03)
Patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) are midsized primates that feed extensively on the gum of Acacia drepanolobium and the ants are housed in swollen thorns of this Acacia. Their diet resembles that expected more of smaller bodied primates. Patas monkeys are

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