Locust bean derivative applications

Locust bean gum and its derivatives are excellent film formers and can be used either alone or in combination with starch as textile sizing agents and dye thickeners in textile printing, and as fiber bonding and beater additives in the papermaking industry. However, in most of these applications it has been replaced by guar. 

Studies of modified locust bean in pharmaceutical applications have taken place [65,67]. Hydrogel beads were produced from carboxymethyl sulfate derivative of locust bean gum via inonotropic gelation in the presence of alkaline aluminium chloride solution and their... 

Application and Principle This procedure is used to determine hemicellulase activity of preparations derived from A.J-pergillus niger var. The test is based on the enzymatic hydrolysis of the interior glucosidic bonds of a defined locust (carob) bean gum substrate at 40° and pH 4.5. Determine the corresponding reduction in substrate viscosity with a calibrated viscometer. 

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