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Gum Arabic

Structure, Properties, Application and Economics

  • 1st Edition - March 16, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Abdalbasit Adam Mariod
  • Language: English

Gum Arabic: Structure, Properties, Application and Economics explores the management practices of gum Arabic producing trees and their environmental role, the charac… Read more

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Description

Gum Arabic: Structure, Properties, Application and Economics explores the management practices of gum Arabic producing trees and their environmental role, the characteristics and properties of the gum, and presents current and developing uses in food, feed, and medicinal applications. The book provides insight into regulatory aspects of production and quality control as well as underscoring some of the geographically based differences in gum Arabic trees, production, and regulation of products. Written by experts in the field, the book provides current research and developments in gum Arabic. It is an important resource for researchers in industry and academia interested in the advances in this area.

Key features

  • Written by leading experts from key gum Arabic producing regions of the world
  • Explores the management practices of gum Arabic, from the environmental role of the tree to uses in food, feed, and medicinal applications
  • Provides nanoscience and nanotechnology applications using gum Arabic
  • Discusses applications of gum Arabic in medicine and health
  • Presents new research and trends in gum Arabic, investigating the physical properties, such as electric, optical, thermal, and magnetic

Readership

Industry researchers and producers as well as product developers; academic and institutional researchers, including food chemists

Table of contents

Part 1. Agricultural, and economics

1. Acacia seyal gums in Sudan: Ecology and economic contribution
Sara Saad Awad

2. Management practices of gum arabic-producing trees
Zeinab M. Hammad

3. Valuation of environmental role of Acacia senegal tree in the Gum Belt of Kordofan and Blue Nile Sectors, Sudan
Mohamed El Nour Taha

4. Impact of vegetation cover changes on gum arabic production
Sara Awadalkarim Ahmed

5. Gum arabic: Certification and assessment of marketing opportunities
Hagir Mahagoub Mahagoub El Nasri Mohammed

Part 2. Chemistry, food and feed applications

6. Chemical properties of gum Arabic
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

7. Physical and electro properties of gum Arabic
Abdelrahman Badawi

8. New trends in gum arabic methods of analysis
Elhadi Mohamed Ibrahim

9. Thermal characteristics of Acacia gums from Gummiferea
B.I. Beelly Osman

10. Processing of a highly-purified grade of gum arabic from gum dust
Nawal Abdel-Gayoum Abdel-Rahman

11. Processing and modification of gum arabic in specific applications
Olatunji Ololade

12. Enhancement of color stability in foods by gum arabic
Abdalbasit Adam Mario D

13. Gum arabic as a thickener and stabilizing agent in dairy products
Abdelmoneim Elhadi Sulieman

14. Effect of gum arabic (prebiotic) on physico-chemical and organoleptic properties of yoghurt (probiotic)
Mohamed Abubakar Talib

15. Extending cloud stability of Tamarindus indica l. Juice using sodium alginate and gum arabic during storage in the refrigerator
Mohamed Abubakar Talib

Part 3. Medical and health uses

16. Health benefits of gum Arabic and medical use
Abdelkareem Ahmed

17. Gum arabic beneficial effects, clinical applications and future prospective
Lamis Abdel Gadir Kaddam, Imad FadlElmula and Amal Mahmoud Saeed

18. Use of acacia gum in the treatment of skin lesions of two children with kwashiorkor
Insaf Abdelkarim Elhag Ali

19. Extraction and utilization of Sudanese Acacia seeds oil in Biodiesel preparation
M. A. Hamed

20. Gum arabic dietary fiber
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

21. Gum arabic and kidney failure: An exceptional panacea
Isam Mohamed ELAmin Abu Zeid

22. Gum arabic as dietary animal feed additives
Abdelaziz Ahmed Fadlelmoula

23. Applications of gum arabic in medical and health benefits
Noura Karamalla Mohamed Salih Karamalla

24. Functional properties of gum arabic
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

25. Effect of gum arabic on the fecal bacterial mass on healthy human volunteers
Rasheeda Hamid Hamid Ahmed

26. Gastroprotective activity of gum arabic
Suzy Munir Salama

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 16, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Abdalbasit Adam Mariod

Dr. Abdalbasit Adam Mariod is a Professor in the Department of Biology, College of Sciences and Art, University of Jeddah, ALkamil, Saudi Arabia. He is the founder of Ghibaish College of Science & Technology, Ghibaish, Sudan. Dr. Mariod has authored more than 92 publications, most of them in new oil sources of Sudan. He is an expert in oil chemistry, and has published six books and four book chapters. He received his PhD in Food Chemistry in 2005 from the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Institute of Food Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitäat, Münster, Germany. With over 15 years of experience and having led workshops on Gum Arabic, Dr. Mariod has put together a team of leading experts from key gum Arabic producing regions, representing the latest research and developments with this important emulsifier.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biology, College of Sciences and Art, University of Jeddah, ALkamil, Saudi Arabia

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