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  botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Acacia (Gum) - Herb Profile and Information
Gum Acacia for medicinal purposes should be in roundish 'tears' of various sizes, colourless or pale yellow, or broken into angular fragments with a glass-like, sometimes iridescent fracture, often opaque from numerous fissures, but transparent and nearly colourless in thin pieces; taste insipid, mucilaginous; nearly inodorous.
---Dose---in syrup, 1 to 4 drachms of the gum.
Acacia Mixture, Mistura Acaciae of the British Pharmacopoeia Codex, is made from Gum Acacia (6 in 100) with syrup and diluted orange-flower water, employed as a demulcent in cough syrups and linctures.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/a/acaci006.html   (1612 words)

  
 Farbest Brands - Products - Gum Acacia
Gum Acacia 381A is a white or yellowish-white powder that is odorless and tasteless.
Gum Acacia 386A is a white or yellowish-white powder that is odorless and tasteless.
Gum Acacia 396A is a spray-dried white or yellowish-white powder that is odorless and tasteless.
www.farbest.com /products/gum_acacia.html   (556 words)

  
 Sudan
Gum Arabic, or acacia gum, is the resin exuded by Acacia Senegal trees.
Gum yields are improved by natural factors that lessen the vitality of the trees - hot weather, poor soil, lack of moisture, etc. It is important to remember that a damaged tree will give a larger yield of gum.
Gum droplets are about 0.75 to 3 inches in diameter, and they gradually dry and harden on exposure to the atmosphere.
www.acacia-world.net /html/sudan.html   (1070 words)

  
 Importers Service Corporation - Gum Applications
Gum Tragacanth is still a preferred ingredient in bakery emulsions, particularly used in conjunction with Gum Acacia (senegal), because of its resistance to emulsion breakdown under high heat conditions coupled with its contribution to desired viscosity.
Gum Acacia (seyal) have widespread usage as suspending agents, emulsifiers, adhesives and binders in tabletting and in demulcent syrups.
Gum Acacia (senegal) and Gum Acacia (seyal) are also used as a glaze and as a component in various chewing gums (thickener and contributes a softer chew), cough drops and lozenges.
www.iscgums.com /applicat.htm   (829 words)

  
 Ingredients -- Gum arabic, Gum acacia
Gum arabic is a complicated mixture of long and short chains of sugars (arabinogalactan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides) and glycoproteins, (proteins with sugars attached).
It is extracted from the sap of the Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal trees native to the Sahara desert.
Gum arabic (gum acacia) is used as the lickable glue on stamps and envelopes, and in soft drinks as a flavor stabilizer (emulsifier).
sci-toys.com /ingredients/gum_arabic.html   (146 words)

  
  Herbs & Oils-Hello Indya- Ayurveda, Unani, Herbal medicines, India, Henna, Honey, essential oils, Online Consultation, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
in syrup, 1 to 4 drachms of the gum.
Gum Acacia is an ingredient of the official Pilula Ferri, Pulvis Amygdalae compositus, Pulvis Tragacanthae compositus, all the official Trochisci, and various syrups, pastes and pastilles or jujubes.
Acacia Mixture, Mistura Acaciae of the British Pharmacopoeia Codex, is made from Gum Acacia (6 in 100) with syrup and diluted orange-flower water, employed as a demulcent in cough syrups and linctures.
www.helloindya.com /herb_oils/herb_acacia_gum.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Products: Gum Arabic/Acacia
Gum arabic (INS 414 and E414, acacia gum) is a tree gum exudate and has been an important article of commerce since Ancient times.
The gum oozes from the stems and branches of trees, usually five years of age or more, when subjected to stress conditions such as drought, poor soil or wounding.
In Sudan the gum from Acacia senegal and seyal are referred to as hashab and talha respectively, The former is a pale to orange -brown solid which breaks with a glassy fracture and the latter is darker, more friable and is rarely found in lumps in export consignments.
www.treegums.org /products/acaciaarabic.html   (344 words)

  
 Acacia Gum Herb Uses and Supplement Health Benefits
Acacia gum has been used in food as a stabilizer and in pharmaceuticals as a demulcent.
At least three grades of acacia gum are available commercially and their quality is distinguished by the color and character in the collected tears.
Gums derived from Combretum are readily available at low prices in East and West Africa and are often offered for sale as "gum arabic." Because there is no toxicologic data supporting the safety of these gums, they are not recognized as food additives by most countries.
www.nutritional-herbal-supplements.com /herbal-supplements/acacia-gum.html   (626 words)

  
 Alland & Robert
Gum Acacia is the gum-exudation, hardened by air, flowing naturally or obtained by the incision of the stems and branches of Acacia Senegal L. Willdenow and other species of acacia of African origin (Leguminosae).
Gum Acacia is a polysaccharide composed of galactcose, arabinose, rhamnose and glucuronic acid with a very small proportion of proteinaceous material.
Gum Acacia consists of yellow or pale amber oval or spheroidal pieces of a glassy aspect, or irregular brittle fragments.
www.allandetrobert.fr /Acacia_1.asp   (192 words)

  
 Colloides Naturels International - Acacia gum: Botanical
The gums yielded by Acacia senegal are known as the Kordofan and Senegal gums.
This gum was historically one of the chief productions of the French colony of Senegal, being gathered by the natives in the section north of the river of that name.
The range of Acacia seyal extends from Senegal eastwards to western Somalia and the coastal lowlands east of the Red Sea, and from the Nile valley of southern Egypt to southern Zambia.
www.cniworld.com /acacia_gum/botanical.htm   (507 words)

  
 Kitchen Witch Lotions & Potions - Acacia
SENEGAL GUM, of two varieties, produced by two different trees, one yielding a white, the other a red gum, is usually in roundish or oval unbroken pieces of various sizes, larger than those of Turkey Gum, less brittle and pulverizable, less fissured and often occurs in long, cylindrical or curved pieces.
Gum Acacia is the name originally pertaining to Sudan, Kordofan or Egyptian (hashabi) Gum, which possesses properties rendering it superior and always preferred to any other known to commerce.
The gum of this and other Indian species of Acacia is there used as a substitute for the official Gum Acacia, to which it is, however, inferior.
www.kitchenwitch.com /herbs/acacia.html   (1762 words)

  
 Acacia Nilotica (Acacia Gum / Arabic Gum) 10gram   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gum arabic is nutritive and demulcent, and exerts a soothing influence upon irritated or inflamed mucous tissues, by shielding them from the influence of deleterious agents, atmospheric air, etc. On this account it has been used in diarrhoea and dysentery, to remove tenesmus and painful stools, in catarrh, cough, hoarseness, gonorrhoea, ardor urinae, etc.—(Coxe.)
Syrup of Acacia, British Pharmacopoeia Codex, used chiefly as a demulcent in cough mixtures, is freshly prepared as required, from 1 part of Gum Acacia Mucilage and 3 of syrup.
Gum Acacia for medicinal purposes should be in roundish 'tears' of various sizes, colourless or pale yellow, or broken into angular fragments with a glass-like, sometimes iridescent fracture, often opaque from numerous fissures, but transparent and nearly colourless in thin pieces; taste
www.naturensdroger.nu /sv/p_987.html   (1621 words)

  
 GUM ARABIC :: Acacia Senegal
A water-soluble gum obtained from several species of the acacia tree, especially Acacia senegal and A. arabica, and used in the manufacture of adhesives and ink, and as a binding medium for marbling colors.
Gum arabic is widely used in the food industry, as an emulsifier, thickener, flavour encapsulator and thickening agent.
Gum Acacia is an ingredient of all the official Trochisci, and various syrups, pastes and pastilles or jujubes.
hans.presto.tripod.com /cat018.html   (1075 words)

  
 Acacia and Gum Arabic Powder
The acacia trees of the Dafur region of Sudan are harvested for resins variously known as gum arabic, Indian gum arabic, or talha.
The acacia is a plant in the family Mimosacaea, related to the mimosas of the southern United States and a close cousin of the legumes.
Acacia gum is colorless, tasteless, and soluble in cold water.
www.mountainroseherbs.com /learn/acacia_gum.php   (551 words)

  
 Gum Arabic
Gum Arabic, otherwise known as gum acacia, is used as a natural stabilizer in baking toppings and beverages.
Gum arabic is most often presented to industry in a spray-dried form.
Hence, all gum besides arabic are free of spray-drying concerns and are acceptable without certification, pursuant to a few considerations noted in the next paragraph.
www.ou.org /kosher/daf/advanced/gumarabic.htm   (584 words)

  
 Acacia senegal
Varietal differences in Acacia senegal are based on variation in natural distribution as well as differences in morphological characteristics such as: presence or absence of hair on the axis of the flower spike, color of the axis, shape of pod tips, number of pinnae pairs, occurrence of a distinct trunk, and shape of the crown.
Gum arabic is used in the food industry as a flavor fixative and emulsifier, to prevent crystallization f sugar in confections, as a stabilizer in frozen dairy products, for its viscosity and adhesive properties in bakery products, and as a foam stabilizer and clouding agent in beer.
Industrially, gum arabic is applied as an adhesive, as a protective colloid and safeguarding agent for inks, sensitizer for lithographic plates, coating for special papers, sizing agent for cloth to give body to certain fabrics, and coating to prevent metal corrosion.
www.winrock.org /fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/A_senegal.html   (1352 words)

  
 The Magi's Garden : Acacia
Acacia gum coats and soothes inflammations of respiratory, alimentary, and urinary tracts.
The gum is spontaneously exuded from the trunk and principal branches.
Adulteration of acacia gum usually occurs in its crude state by the addition of similar or inferior gums, which is only detectible by familiarity.
www.angelfire.com /de/poetry/Flowers/Acacia.html   (759 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Acacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773.
Acacia armata is the Kangaroo-thorn of Australia, Acacia giraffae, the Camelthorn of Africa.
In the Central American Acacia sphaerocephala (Bullthorn Acacia) and Acacia spadicigera, the large thorn-like stipules are hollow and afford shelter for ants, which feed on a secretion of honey on the leaf-stalk and curious food-bodies at the tips of the leaflets; in return they protect the plant against leaf-eating insects.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=acacia   (743 words)

  
 Gum arabic
Gum arabic (E414, acacia gum) is prepared from an exudate from the stems and branches of sub-Saharan (Sahel zone) Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal (Leguminosae) trees and produced naturally as large nodules during a process called gummosis to seal wounds in the bark of the tree.
Gum arabic is a complex and variable mixture of arabinogalactan oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and glycoproteins.
Gum tragacanth (Astragalus gummifer, E413) is a related exudate gum consisting of a mixture of polysaccharides including an arabinogalactan containing α-L-arabinofuranose and 1-4-linked β-D-galalactopyranose [367] and an acidic complex poly-1-4-linked α-D-galalacturonate.
www.lsbu.ac.uk /water/hyarabic.html   (473 words)

  
 Acacia senegal Information
Acacia senegal is a small deciduous acacia tree known by the common names rudraksha, gum acacia, gum arabic tree, or gum senegal tree.
It produces gum arabic, which is used as a food additive, in crafts, and as a cosmetic.
The gum is drained from cuts in the bark, and an individual tree will yield 200 to 300 grams.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Acacia_senegal   (96 words)

  
 Shenet - Gummi arabicum,
Arabiskt gummi, acacia, akaciagummi, acaciagummi, växtgummi, gummipulver, nilgummi, adengummi, senegalgummi, basragummi
Acacia, acacia gum, gum acacia, gum Arabic, gum Senegal, Senegal gum, Basra gum, Nile gum, gum Turich, gummi mimosae, catechu
dagens Sudan) och Senegalgummi (från västra Afrika), båda av Acacia senegal, anses sedan hundratals år vara bästa sorten, och härifrån kommer fortfarande det mesta.
www.shenet.se /ravaror/gummiarabicum.html   (1261 words)

  
 Acacias
Acacias are commonly cultivated throughout temperate, tropical and desert regions, and include numerous distinctive growth forms with a profusion of yellow or white flower clusters.
Acacia blossoms are not pea-like, and for this reason the genus is placed in the subfamily Mimosoideae, along with silk tree (Albizia), fairy duster (Calliandra) and mesquite (Prosopis).
Gums produce the thick, rich consistency of sauces and syrups, prevent the formation of ice crystals in frozen desserts, and stabilize the foaming in beer.
waynesword.palomar.edu /plaug99.htm   (3251 words)

  
 Acacia gum : by Ray Sahelian, M.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The senegal gum acacia is an average sized tree with thorns that grows on the African savanna grassland.
Acacia gum supplementation of a low-protein diet in children with end-stage renal disease.
In conclusion, dietary supplementation with acacia gum may be an alternative to renal replacement therapy to improve the quality of life and reduce or eliminate the need for dialysis in children with ESRD in some developing countries.
www.raysahelian.com /acaciagum.html   (362 words)

  
 Organicacacia.com
During early winter, branches and trunks of acacia plants spontaneously secrete acacia gum and when sufficiently deep incisions are made in the bark of the plant, the Gum Acacia flow is highly stimulated and substantial quantities of gum is secreted.
Once the optimum flow of Organic Acacia gum is obtained, the product is collected either while still sticking to the tree trunk or when it has fallen on the ground in solidified forms.
Gum Acacia is primarily used as a soothing agent for various body systems.
www.organicacacia.com   (415 words)

  
 Acacia senegal
The demulcent, emollient gum is used internally in inflammation of intestinal mucosa, and externally to cover inflamed surfaces, as burns, sore nipples and nodular leprosy.
Acacia can be digested by rats to an extent of 71%; guinea pigs and rabbits also seem to utilize it for energy, as does man to a certain extent.
Gum exudes froin cracks in bark of wild trees, mostly in the dry season, with little or none in the rainy season when flowers are out.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/duke_energy/Acacia_senegal.html   (1238 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Acacia (Gum Arabic)
Identity Acacia is the dried gummy exudate from stems and branches of trees of various species of the genus Acacia, family Leguminosae.
The gum consists of the calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts of arabic acid, a polysaccharide acid.
In the Federal Register of March 15, 1977 (42 FR 14302 at 14653), acacia (gum arabic) was redesignated from Sec.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2005/February/Day-17/i3026.htm   (2216 words)

  
 acaciasenegal
Hydration characteristics of the gum exudate from Acacia senegal.
The molecular characterisation of the polysaccharide gum from Acacia senegal.
Gum arabic (Acacia senegal): Unambiguous identification by carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy as an adjunct to the revised JECFA Specification, and the application of carbon-13 NMR spectra for regulatory/legislative purposes.
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au /listing/acaciasenegal.htm   (3097 words)

  
 Etherington & Roberts. Dictionary--gum arabic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Historically, gum arabic was used to increase the viscosity of ink, or to make it flow well, to prevent it from feathering, and to suspend the coloring matter.
Gum arabic adhesives produce clear, easy brushing solutions which have no marked initial set but which will pass through a tacky stage on drying.
Gum arabic adhesives, however, are generally too moisture sensitive for use in archival work.
palimpsest.stanford.edu /don/dt/dt1671.html   (154 words)

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