Gum arabic from acacia tree
SIGMA/G9752 - branched polysaccharide
Synonym: Acacia gum
CAS Number: 9000-01-5
EC Number: 232-519-5
MDL Number: MFCD00081264; MFCD00081264
Product Type: Chemical
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This image depicts SKU: G9752-500G
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| biological source | plant (Acacia) |
| color | white to faint beige |
| form | powder |
| Quality Level | 200  |
| storage temp. | room temp |
| Application: | Gum arabic from acacia tree has been used: • as an emulsifying agent to determine lipase activity in shrimps • for the visualization of mossy fiber sprouting • as an immunogen and for coating microtitre wells in plate-trapped antigen ELISAs (PTA-ELISAs) • for silver enhancement for immunohistochemistry • as a component for Timm′s staining solution • in nitrocellulose-based soil adhesion assay • to separate few-layer graphene (FLG) from bulk graphite layers |
| 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. |
| 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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| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 500 g in poly bottle |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | room temp |
| UNSPSC | 12352201 |