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	Mucilage, Supplement Monograph - Flora Health Supplement Encyclopedia
		The mucilage found in many medicinal herbs is made up of complex polysaccharides, otherwise known as mucopolysaccharides, that have many therapeutic properties.
		Mucilage has a soothing and cleansing effect on the respiratory and digestive tracts and is known to prevent the drying out of mucous membranes of the body.
		Mucilage is made up of complex polysaccharides otherwise known as muco-polysaccharides, more recently referred to as glycosaminoglycans.
	www.florahealth.com /flora/home/usa/healthinformation/encyclopedias/Mucilage.asp (1862 words)

	Mucilage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mucilage is a thick gluey substance, often produced by plants.
		Mucilage is another term for so called exopolysaccharides.
		Mucilage is also a term for an adhesive composed of a solution of a sticky vegetable product -- sometimes the above, but more typically a vegetable gum -- in water, used primarily to seal paper (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mucilage (159 words)

	Mucilage Information
		Mucilage is an exopolysaccharide—a polymer composed of sugar residues and secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.
		Mucilage in plants is thought to aid in water storage and seed germination, and to act as a membrane thickener and food reserve.
		Mucilage is also a term for an adhesive composed of a solution of a sticky vegetable product or vegetable gum in water, used primarily to seal paper (e.g.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mucilage (208 words)

	Psyllium
		Mucilage is obtained by mechanical milling/grinding of the outer layer of the seed.
		A 1.5% weight/volume ratio of psyllium mucilage exhibits binding properties that are superior to a 10% weight/volume ratio of starch mucilage.
		The viscosity of psyllium mucilage dispersions are relatively unaffected between temperatures of 68 to 122°F, by pH from 2 to 10 and by salt (sodium chloride) concentrations up to 0.15 M. These properties in combination with psyllium's natural fiber characteristic may lead to increased use by the food processing industry.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/afcm/psyllium.html (1744 words)

	Rapid Aqueous Extraction of Mucilage from Whole White Mustard Seed
		Extraction of the mucilage was performed by mixing the seed with a quantity of water for a fixed period followed by drainage of the seed and analysis of the collected liquid.
		Mucilage extraction was time dependent and, as shown in figure 4, an extraction period of approximately 1 hour was sufficient for maximum extraction.
		Mucilage concentration in the bulk phase was determined at intervals during large-scale extractions at 20:1, 8:1, 6:1, and 4:1 water to seed ratios, as shown in figure 7.
	www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca /~balked/journal.html (6361 words)

	Mucilage -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mucilage is a thick gluey substance, often produced by (A living organism lacking the power of locomotion) plants.
		Mucilage is another term for so called exo (Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules) polysaccharides.
		Amongst the green algae especially the group (Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial) Volvocales are known to produce Exopolysaccharides at least in a certain part of their (additional info and facts about lifecycle) lifecycle.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/mucilage.htm (116 words)

	Medicinal_Gums_Martindales_24th_picture_Monograph
		A mucilage similar to mucilage of tragacanth may be prepared by boiling 1 to 1.5% of powdered ceratonia with water.
		In lotions for external use Mucilage of Tragacanth is preferable to Mucilage of Acacia as a suspending agent.
		Mucilage made from whole gum has a much higher viscosity than that made from powdered gum and, if not heated, increases in viscosity on keeping.
	www.herbdatanz.com /Medicinal_Gums_Martindales_24th_picture_Monograph.htm (1755 words)

	MUCILAGE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mucilage is secreted by the seed covers of various plants, including marsh mallows and flaxes and certain seaweeds; it is the chief constituent of agar.
		In the plant it sometimes serves to check the loss of water to aid germination, to facilitate seed dispersal, and to store food.
		Mucilage is employed also as an adhesive, and the term is extended to include other slimy adhesives, especially solutions of gum, such as tragacanth mucilage.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/mu/mucilage.html (108 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: mucilage @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MUCILAGE [mucilage], thick, glutinous substance, related to the natural gums, comprised usually of protein, polysaccharides, and uranides.
		Mucilage is secreted by the seed covers of various plants, including marsh mallows and flaxes and certain seaweeds; it is the chief constituent of agar.
		Mucilage is employed also as an adhesive, and the term is extended to include other slimy adhesives, especially solutions of gum, such as tragacanth mucilage.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:mucilage&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (168 words)

	MDidea Extracts Professional:Proper Special Extracts Series:Slippery Elm Bark Extracts.Ulmus fulva,Ulmus rubra.Narrative
		The mucilage was traditionally used internally for soothing sore throats and tonsillitis, coughs, dryness of the lungs and digestive upsets, and externally for healing wounds and other skin inflammations.
		The mucilage of slippery elm, found in the inner bark, gives it the soothing effect for which it is known.2 In people with heartburn, the mucilage appears to act as a barrier against the damaging effects of acid on the esophagus.
		Mucilage is a long chain of sugars that form a slippery substance when combined with water.
	www.mdidea.com /products/proper/proper019.html (7499 words)

	McGraw-Hill AccessScience: Mucilage
		Mucilages are not pathological products but are formed in normal plant growth within the plant by mucilage-secreting hairs, sacs, and canals, but they are not found on the surface as exudates as a result of bacterial or fungal action after mechanical injury, as are gums.
		Mucilages occur in nearly all classes of plants in various parts of the plant, usually in relatively small percentages, and are not infrequently associated with other substances, such as tannins.
		Mucilages are commonly identified by physical properties, most recently by infrared spectroscopy.
	www.accessscience.com /Encyclopedia/4/43/Est_437200_frameset.html?doi (273 words)

	Mucilage cell, cactus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The mucilage is produced by dictyosomes, packaged into dictyosome vesicles, transported to the exterior of the protoplast and deposited outside the cell when the vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane (this is a form of
		The mucilage cell -- like virtually all secretory cells -- is a parenchyma cell, and even though it has only a thin primary wall, the wall is compact enough to prevent the mucilage from leaking out into the intercellular spaces.
		As the mucilage accumulates, the protoplast must shrink – there is only a limited amount of volume enclosed by the cell wall.
	www.sbs.utexas.edu /mauseth/weblab/webchap9secretory/9.1-2.htm (201 words)

	PSYLLIUM
		Mucilage is found in both the outer husks and the inner seed.
		Mucilage is made up of indigestible fibre which absorbs water and swells several times its original size.
		In cases of diarrhoea, psyllium's mucilage absorbs the excess liquid and helps slow down the movement and also delay the emptying of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract.
	www.healthboosters.com /usa/psyllium.html (342 words)

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		Because mucilage exhibits different rheological properties depending whether it is extracted from intact seeds or from mustard preparations (Gerhards and Walker 1997), extraction from intact seeds was chosen as the method of isolation.
		Mucilage content was measured as a function of the viscosity of the extraction solution as requested by members of the Canadian Mustard Association.
		The mucilage of the samples was calculated as the viscosity of extract minus the viscosity of water multiplied by the volume of water divided by the weight of the seed (cS*ml/g).
	www.regional.org.au /au/gcirc/4/79.htm (1540 words)

	OJHAS: 2005-1-5 Uhumwangho MU et al, Influence of mucilage viscosity on the globule structure and stability of certain ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The emulsions were prepared by mixing the starch mucilage of a predetermined concentration 4%w/v with arachis oil in the ratio 50:50, using a silverson mixer fitted with a dispersator head.
		The viscosities of the starch mucilages and those of the emulsions were determined by measuring the time of flow of a sample of the mucilage or emulsion (10ml) through a plastic tube of stem orifice 1.5mm and length 11.5cm (6) at room temperature 28±2
		The viscosities of the cassava starch mucilages and their emulsions decreased during storage, but the values were persistently higher than the corresponding values for the other two starches (Fig 2), which explains the greater stability of the cassava starch emulsions.
	www.ojhas.org /issue13/2005-1-5.htm (1651 words)

	AZ Hedgehog Unit: DNA Isolation Lab
		Mucilage (often used as glue!) is a very sticky, jelly-like substance whose function in the plant cells is not known for certain, but it is thought to act as an antifreeze.
		The mucilage is contained within the cytoplasm of the cell, while the DNA is contained within the nucleus (and within mitochondria and chloroplasts).
		In addition to removing carbohydrate compounds like mucilage, the DNA isolation procedure must also separate the DNA from compounds like lipids (fats) found in cell membranes and proteins (enzymes and structural components) which are found throughout the cell.
	biology.arizona.edu /sciconn/lessons/alongi/3dnaisolate.html (712 words)

	DIALOG Dissertation Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Based on phytoplankton pigment analysis in different types of mucilage aggregates and the surrounding water, we anticipate diatoms are not the main phytoplankton group responsible for mucilage events.
		Due to the prevalence of Prymnesiophyceae in the freshly formed mucilage aggregates as well as in the water column just before the event starts, their role in mucilage appearance should be investigated.
		The diatom contribution in mucilage normally increases in aged mucilage aggregates due to favourable conditions for their growth and reproduction inside the aggregates.
	aslo.org /phd/dialog/200304-3.html (484 words)

	PIKA Research Paper
		The sap, mucilage, and rind were expected to contain similar carbohydrates that would be absent from the lotion.
		We believed that the sap, mucilage, and rind would contain similar carbohydrates, which would be absent from the lotion, and furthermore expected to find photosynthetic components in the rind that were not present in the sap, mucilage, or lotion.
		The mucilage was the thick layer of plant tissue surrounding the sap, and it was for the most part clear.
	www.msu.edu /course/lbs/145/luckie/inquiries2003/pika.html (1537 words)

	Moss Mucilages As Emulsifiers by Albert John Staudt PH.G.
		As may be seen the principal constituent is mucilage, which may be obtained by boiling the drug with water, straining and allowing to cool.
		After the mucilage had become perfectly cold, a precaution always to be observed, it was transferred to a four-ounce bottle; and 2 ounces of cod liver oil were gradually added in divided portions, shaking vigorously after each addition until a perfect emulsion was formed;
		An emulsion was also prepared according to the same formula, by mixing the mucilage of Irish moss with the oil and other ingredients in a mortar in the usual way for preparing emulsions with acacia, instead of in a bottle as before.
	www.harvestfields.ca /HerbBooks/01/10/01/023.htm (705 words)

	The Current State of Knowledge on Prosopis tamarugo
		Mucilage was removed treating the seeds with 0.5% sodium hydroxide at 75° C for 4–10 min, and shaking.
		Once the method for removing mucilage from the seeds was applied, the corresponding yield was 30.8% mucilage; 38.8% cotyledons; and 19.4% seedcoat.
		The possibility of obtaining a sufficiently purified mucilage opens prospects for this substance as a hydrocolloid, apt for utilization in food fabrication as thickening agent, and stabilizer for suspensions and foams (9, 10, 11).
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/006/AD316E/AD316E17.htm (3520 words)

	Isolation and Characterization of Mutants Defective in Seed Coat Mucilage Secretory Cell Development in Arabidopsis -- ...
		the absence of mucilage and columellae (Bowman and Koornneef,
		Mucilage secretory cell development can be divided into five stages: (1) growth, (2) amyloplast accumulation and commencement of cytoplasmic rearrangement, (3) simultaneous mucilage production/secretion and cytoplasmic column formation, (4) secondary cell wall production to form the columella, and (5) desiccation of the seed coat.
		Willats WGT, McCartney L, Knox JP (2001) In-situ analysis of pectic polysaccharides in seed mucilage and at the root surface of Arabidopsis thaliana.
	www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/127/3/998 (8101 words)

	Rapid Aqueous Extraction of White Mustard Mucilage from Whole Seed. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yellow or White Mustard Mucilage is a cold-water swelling Polysaccharide coating the bran of Sinapis Alba seeds.
		Factors effecting the aqueous extraction of the mucilage were investigated on both small and large scales.
		Removal of the mucilage enabled extraction of the seed with a significantly lower amount of water and more effective separation of the light and heavy phases from the aqueous phase.
	www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca /~balked/research.html (269 words)

	Psyllium Seeds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The seeds are glossy dark brown to fl, often with a reddish hue.
		The mucilage obtained from psyllium comes from the seed coat.
		Due to the bulk-forming fibers and mucilage found in this material, ingesting it without adequate fluid may cause it to swell, blocking the esophagus, and cause choking.
	www.falconblanco.com /health/supplements/psyllium.html (1442 words)

	ManCan Ingredients Inc. . . Yellow Mustard Mucilage Synopsis
		Since the mucilage is adherant to the outer surface, the hulls contain all of the mucilage.
		The mucilage is experimentally obtained by soaking the seed in water for a period of time and seperating the seed from the water phase.
		Mucilage is a very effective suspension agent that can be extracted from the coats of mustard seed.
	www.mancan.mb.ca /balked98.html (1212 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: ISOLDATED ROOT CAPS, BORDER CELLS AND MUCILAGE FROM HOST ROOTS STIMULATE HYPHAL BRANCHING OF ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This fact, coupled with the results that root caps and mucilage both carry compounds that stimulate fungal growth, have explained clearly how a root can be infected anywhere along the length of its axis.
		For the bioassay, isolated root caps and separated root mucilage were resuspended in a small volume of sterile water and applied to a Petri plate containing germinated G. gigantea spores.
		The branching stimulator associated with root caps was either tightly bound and released slowly or alternatively, border cells from the root caps were still viable and possibly secreting branching stimulators during the bioassay.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=140953 (435 words)

	MUCILAGE - LoveToKnow Article on MUCILAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mucilages are useful in medicine as vehicles for various insoluble and other drugs, and in the arts as thickeners (in calico-printing, dyeing, andc.).
		The British pharmacopoeia contains the mucilages of acacia and tragacanth.
		To properly cite this MUCILAGE article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
	9.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MU/MUCILAGE.htm (74 words)

	Contribution of Root Cap Mucilage and Presence of an Intact Root Cap in Maize (Zea mays) to the Reduction of Soil ...
		Contribution of Root Cap Mucilage and Presence of an Intact Root Cap in Maize (Zea mays) to the Reduction of Soil Mechanical Impedance -- IIJIMA et al.
		root cap mucilage and the presence of the root cap itself, respectively.
		The expansion of maize root-cap mucilage during hydration.
	aob.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/94/3/473 (2900 words)

	Steaming Bean Coffee Co.
		Sometimes water is added to the tanks, but often the moisture in the mucilage itself is used to promote the slight fermentation necessary to remove the mucilage from around the parchment covered beans.
		Once the mucilage has dissolved, it is removed completely through thorough and repeated washings.
		They are then shipped quite often to cooperatives, where decorticating machines free the beans from their skin, pulp, and mucilage (Due to the cost of the equipment needed for this stage, very few growers can perform this function on their own).
	www.thebean.com /houses/parker/wetanddry.aspx (503 words)

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