India tamarind

Tamarind Gum. Tamarind gum [39386-78-9] is another seed gum with potential industrial appHcation. It is obtained from the seed kernels of the tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica which is cultivated in India and Bangladesh. The seeds are a by-product from the production of tamarind pulp which is used as a food flavor. Seed production is 150,000 t/yr. 

Tamarind kernel powder is insoluble in cold water, but upon heating forms thick viscous coUoidal dispersions at relatively low concentrations (2—3%). Upon drying, elastic films are formed. Tamarind seed polysaccharide is used as a low cost textile sizing agent in India. 

Gum arabic Gum kadaya Locust bean Tamarind Tragacanth Acacia segalencis and other acacia trees, native to eastern Africa Sterculia urens trees from India Seeds of carob (Ceratonia siliqua) trees Seeds of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) trees Astragalus gummifer shrubs from southern Europe and the Middle East... 

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) is an important tropical tree widely grown in India. Although its fruit can be used for wine production, its wine is not preferred due to its high acidity. An attempt has been made to convert its wine into vermouth of acceptable quality (Lingappa et ah, 1993). In this process, the base wine was made from tamarind fruit (50 g/L), at 0.9% acidity, followed by raising the TSS to 23 °Brix and adding 150 ppm sulfur dioxide. Fermentation was conducted by S. cere-visiae var. ellipsoideus at 27 1 °C. Both dry and sweet vermouths, with 17% alcohol content, were found acceptable. 

The dried rind of the fruit of G. cambogia, popularly known as Malabar tamarind , is used extensively all over the west coast of South India for culinary purposes and in Colombo for the curing of fish. The organic acids responsible for the bacteriostatic effect of the pickling medium in the Colombo curing of fish (Lewis et al., 1964 Lewis and... 

Sharma, S. and Bhardwaj, R. (1997) Tamarind - A Suitable Fruit Crop for Dry Arid Regions. Proceedings of National Symposium on Tamarindus indica L., 27-28 June, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 4-6. 

Many other polysaccharides have been investigated as gums, but have not reached the status of commercial viability. Among these are polysaccharides from chia seeds [93], corn hull (corn fiber), flaxseed [93], okra [93], and tamarind seeds [93] (used in India). 

Tamarind or Tamarindus indica L. of the Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, is an important food in the tropics. It is a multipurpose tree of which almost every part finds at least some use 17), either nutritional or medicinal. Tamarind is indigenous to tropical Africa but it has been introduced and naturahzed worldwide in over 50 coimtries. The major production areas ate in the Asian coimtries India and Thailand, but also in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia. In America, Mexico and Costa Rica are the biggest producers. Africa on the whole does not produce tamarind on a cotmnercial scale, though it is widely used by the local people. Minor producing countries in Africa ate Senegal, Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia (5, 17). 

Tamarind fmits were well-known in Europe for their medicinal properties, having been introduced by Arab traders from India (Rama Rao, 1975, cited in (5)). The pulp has been reported in several pharmacopoeias, such as the British and American. Some 90,000 kg of shelled fraits are aimually imported into the United States for the dmg trade, primarily from the Lesser Antilles and Mexico. The Emopean supply largely come from Calcutta, Egypt and the Greater Antilles (8). 

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Tamarind, Partially dried ripe fruit of Tamarindus indica L., Leguminosae, preserved in sugar or syrup. Habit. East Indies, India, Africa naturalized in West Indies, Cort-stit The pulp contains about 10% tartaric acid, also some citric and malic acids 25-40% invert sugar, pectin. Review Rao, Srivastava, in Industrial Gums, R, L. Whistler, Ed, (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1973) pp 369-411. 

Ghosh P, Ganguly PK (1994) Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-grafted jute fibers some physical and chemical properties and morphology. J Appl Polym Sci 52 77-84 Goyal P (2008) Chemical modification of tamarind kernel powder. Ph. D. thesis. Forest Research Institute, Deemed University, Dehradun, India... 

Kulkarni, A.S., Khotpal, R.R. and Bhakare, H.A. (1991) Studies on glycolipids of kenaf, English walnut, myrobalan and manila tamarind seeds of the Vidarbha Region (India). J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 68, 891-893. 

Tamarind is one of the most important and widely grown trees of India (Tamarindus indica date of India). Its brown pods contain seeds which are rich in a polysaccharide that is readily extracted with hot water and, after drying, recovered in a powdered form. 

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