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Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Saccharides

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© 2004 by CRC Press LLC<br />

TABLE 15.2<br />

Major Monosaccharide Components <strong>of</strong> Different Plant <strong>and</strong> Algal<br />

Gums<br />

Gum<br />

Monosaccharides Present<br />

(In Order <strong>of</strong> Abundance) Main Chain<br />

Plant Cell Wall<br />

Polysaccharides<br />

β-Glucans (cereals) Glucose Glucan<br />

Arabinoxylans Xylose, arabinose Xylan<br />

Larch arabinogalactan Galactose, arabinose Galactan<br />

Pectins Galacturonic acid, rhamnose Galacturonan<br />

Plant Reserve<br />

Polysaccharides<br />

Yellow mustard seed Glucose, galacturonic acid,<br />

mannose<br />

Glucan<br />

Guar gum Mannose, galactose Mannan<br />

Locust bean gum Mannose, galactose Mannan<br />

Tara gum Mannose, galactose Mannan<br />

Cassia gum Mannose, galactose Mannan<br />

Fenugreek gum Mannose, galactose Mannan<br />

Glucomannan Glucose, mannose Glucomannan<br />

Tamarind gum Glucose, xylose, galactose Glucan<br />

Flaxseed gum Glucose, xylose, galactose,<br />

rhamnose<br />

Xylan<br />

Okra gum Galactose, rhamnose, galacturonic<br />

acid, arabinose<br />

Galactan<br />

Psyllium gum Xylose, arabinose, rhamnose,<br />

galactose<br />

Galactan<br />

Quince seed gum Galactose, arabinose, xylose Galactan<br />

Plant Exudates<br />

Gum Arabic Galactose, arabinose, rhamnose,<br />

glucuronic acid,<br />

Galactan<br />

Karaya gum Galactose, rhamnose Galactan<br />

Gum tragacanth Galactose, fucose, xylose,<br />

arabinose<br />

Galactan<br />

Gum ghatti Arabinose, galactose Galactan<br />

Algal Polysaccharides<br />

Alginate Guluronic acid, mannuronic acid Guluromannuronan<br />

Agar D-Galactose, 3,6-anhydro-Lgalactose<br />

Galactan<br />

Carrageenan (kappa) 3,6-Anhydro-D-galactose, Dgalactose-4-sulfate<br />

Galactan<br />

Furcelluran Galactose, D-galactose 2, 4, or 6<br />

sulfated, 3,6-anhydro-D-galactos<br />

Galactan

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