
Industrial Gums
Polysaccharides and Their Derivatives
- 2nd Edition - September 28, 1973
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Roy Whistler
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 7 9 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 1 3 1 - 2
Industrial Gums: Polysaccharides and their Derivatives, Second Edition covers the biochemical approaches to the modification and production of natural synthetic gums. This book is… Read more

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Request a sales quoteIndustrial Gums: Polysaccharides and their Derivatives, Second Edition covers the biochemical approaches to the modification and production of natural synthetic gums. This book is organized into two main parts encompassing 31 chapters. The first part deals with natural gums, including seaweed extracts, plant exudates and extracts, seed gums, and animal extracts. Considerable chapters in this part discuss the preparation, structure, derivatives, biosynthesis, and economics of these natural gums. The second part explores the industrial production, structure, and properties of synthetic gums, such as scleroglucan, dextrans, and starch and cellulose derivatives. Scientists, research workers, and manufacturers of both natural and synthetically prepared gums will find this book invaluable.
Contributors
Preface
Part A: Natural Gums
General
Chapter I Factors Influencing Gum Costs and Applications
Chapter II Solute-Solvent Interractions in Polysaccharide Systems
Seaweed Extracts
Chapter III Agar
Chapter IV Algin
Chapter V Carrageenan
Chapter VI Fucoidan
Chapter VII Furcellaran
Chapter VIII Laminaran
Chapter IX Seaweed Extracts of Potential Economic Importance
Plant Exudates
Chapter X Gum Arabic
Chapter XI Gum Ghatti
Chapter XII Gum Karaya
Chapter XII Gum Tragacanth
Seed Gums
Chapter XIV Guar Gum
Chapter XV Locust Bean Gum
Chapter XVI Quince Seed, Psyllium Seed, Flax Seed, and Okra Gums
Chapter XVII Tamarind
Plant Extracts
Chapter XVIII Larch Arabinogalactan
Chapter XIX Pectin
Chapter XX Chitin
Part B: Prepared Gums
Biosynthetic Gums
Chapter XXI Xanthan and Some Other Biosynthetic Gums
Chapter XXII Scleroglucan
Chapter XXIII Dextrans
Starch Fractions and Derivatives
Chapter XXIV Starch Amylose
Chapter XXV Starch Amylopectin (Waxy Corn and Waxy Sorghum)
Chapter XXVI Starch Dextrins
Chapter XXVII Starch Hydroxyethyl Ethers and Other Starch Ethers
Cellulose Derivatives
Chapter XXVIII Methylcellulose and Its Derivatives
Chapter XXIX Hydroxyalkyl Derivatives of Cellulose
Chapter XXX Ethylhydroxethylcellulose
Chapter XXXI Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: September 28, 1973
- No. of pages (eBook): 820
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124337909
- eBook ISBN: 9780323161312
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