Functional polysaccharides of carob fruit: a review

Abstract Polysaccharides in carob fruit, including carob bean gum (also known as carob gum, locust bean gum) and carob fiber, are widely used in industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, paper, textile, oil well drilling and cosmetics. Carob bean gum is a galactomannan obtained from the seed endospe...

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Main Authors: Bao-Jie Zhu, Mohamed Zaky Zayed, Hua-Xu Zhu, Jing Zhao, Shao-Ping Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Chinese Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13020-019-0261-x