According to the chemicals encyclopedia published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, 12th ed., Entry# 11, gum arabic is insoluble in alcohols. It is almost completely soluble in twice its weight of water. It is soluble in glycerol and in propylene glycol, but prolonged heating may be necessary for complete solution.
G9752
Gum arabic from acacia tree
branched polysaccharide
Synonym(s):
Acacia gum
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biological source
plant (Acacia)
Quality Level
form
powder
color
white to faint beige
storage temp.
room temp
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General description
Gum arabic from acacia tree is extracted from the branches of Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal trees. It is an edible dried gummy exudate. Gum Arabic has high solubility and is used in food industry as a stabilizer, emulsifier, flavouring agent, thickener and surface-finishing agent. It initiates turbidity or hinders sugar crystallization. Gum arabic inhibits color pigmentation and protein precipitation in wine production.[1]
Application
Gum arabic from acacia tree has been used:
- as an emulsifying agent to determine lipase activity in shrimps[2]
- for the visualization of mossy fiber sprouting[3]
- as an immunogen and for coating microtitre wells in plate-trapped antigen ELISAs (PTA-ELISAs)[4]
- for silver enhancement for immunohistochemistry[5]
- as a component for Timm′s staining solution[6]
- in nitrocellulose-based soil adhesion assay[7]
- to separate few-layer graphene (FLG) from bulk graphite layers[8]
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.
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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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Monoclonal antibodies that differentiate between gum arabic, gum seyal and combretum gum
Dewey FM, et al.
Food and agricultural immunology, 9(2), 123-134 (1997)
The use of electron microscopic immunocytochemistry with silver-enhanced 1.4-nm gold particles to localize GAD in the cerebellar nuclei.
GilerovitchHG, et al.
The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 43(3), 337-343 (1995)
Dimensionality effects of carbon-based thermal additives for microporous adsorbents
Yang S, et al.
Materials & Design, 85, 520-526 (2015)
Purification and characterization of an intracellular lipase from pleopods of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)
Rivera-Perez c, et al.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 158(1), 99-105 (2011)
Acacia gum: History of the future
Sanchez C, et al.
Food Hydrocolloids, 78, 140-160 (2018)
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Can you provide a description of the polysaccharide in Gum arabic from acacia tree, Product G9752?
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The polysaccharide in gum arabic is branched with a main chain of (1->3) linked β-D-galactopyranosyl units, with side chains of (1->3) β-D-galactopyranosyl units joined to it by (1->6) links. The side chains are two to five units in length. Both main chains and side chains have attached units of α-L-arabinofuranosyl, α-L-rhamnopyranosyl, β-D-glucuronopyranosyl and 4-O-methyl-β-D-glucuronopyranosyl units.
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Transportation information can be found in Section 14 of the product's (M)SDS.To access the shipping information for this material, use the link on the product detail page for the product.
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Can Product G9752, Gum arabic from acacia tree, be used to extract nuclei from ciliate cells?
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This product has been cited for use in a lysis buffer to extract nuclei from ciliate cells. The reference is J. Eukaryotic Microbiology, 43(3), 198-202 (1996).
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