Year: 2016 | Month: December | Volume 6 | Issue 2
Quality Analysis of Acacia nilotica (Babul) Gum Exudates
Abstract:
Gums are polysaccharide compounds having many medicinal and food uses. The tapping and extraction of gum was carried out with the trees of desired diameter at different tapping height from ground level. 4-7 cm wise cut treated with different concentration of H2SO4. After collection and purification of the gum, the different quality parameters and their optimum value in the gum sample were determined such as moisture content 15.31 %, wb, ash content 1.89 %, volatile matter content 65.78 %, pH 4.44, protein content 16.54 mg/g, tannin content 0.0032 mg/g, methoxyl content 1.37 %, major elemental contents in ppm like copper 67.02, ferrous 1247.90, manganese 95.39 and zinc 94.97 when tree diameter was more than 20 cm and tapping height either more than 80 cm or less than 40cm from ground level. Treating the tapped portion with different concentration of H2SO4 did not show significant effect.
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