Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

Gum arabic from acacia tree has been used:as an emulsifying agent to determine lipase activity in shrimpsfor the visualization of mossy fiber sproutingas an immunogen and for coating microtitre wells in plate-trapped antigen ELISAs (PTA-ELISAs)for silver enhancement for immunohistochemistryas a component for Timm′s staining solutionin nitrocellulose-based soil adhesion assayto separate few-layer graphene (FLG) from bulk graphite layers

General description

Gum arabic from acacia tree is extracted from the branches of Acacia senegalandAcacia seyaltrees. It is an edible dried gummy exudate. Gum Arabic has high solubility and is used in food industry as a stabilizer, emulsifier, flavouring agent, thickener and surface-finishing agent. It initiates turbidity or hinders sugar crystallization. Gum arabicinhibits color pigmentation and protein precipitation in wine production.

Other Notes

Believed to be a branched polymer of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and glucuronic acid as the calcium, magnesium, and potassium salts with a mol. wt. of approx. 250,000.

Packaging

500 g in poly bottle

1 kg in poly bottle