HYDROCOLLOIDS, VEGETABLE GUMS: ACACIA

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http://www.acaciacollection.com/links.html

The Acacia Collection from the Smithsonian with emphasis around the tree.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Acacia_spp_nex.html
Acacia species from Purdue University has information on the approximately 800 species of Acacia.

http://www.2020site.org/trees/acacia.html
Acacia Tree has information regarding the tree.

http://www.cniworld.com
CNI or Colloides Naturels International has information about acacia gum and other gums, news and events, products and services, health and nutrition.

http://www.herbalremedies.com/acacia-information.html
Herbal Remedies has history and information [safety, uses, dosage] regarding this vegetable gum.

http://www.fs.fed.us/
Index of tree information has introductory, distribution and occurence, value and use, botanical and ecological characteristics, fire ecology, references and all frames for printing. Use their search mechanism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia
Acacia has information on the tree and the industrial and medicinal uses of the vegetable gum.

INFORMATION to Top

Acacia or Gum Arabic

Acacia or Gum Talha

Characteristics
Solubility in Cold Water
Others
good film former
low viscosity
pH
4.0-4.8

Uses confections
weight control products

Composition
words
hawthorne structure
Comments: This tree serves as a primarily source of food for antelope in South Africa[Yam, 1990]. These trees to have a protective mechanism from the antelope eating the leaves in that they emit ethylene which triggers the build up of tannins in these leaves. Too much tannin will inactivate liver enzymes of kuda.

Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2007.

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