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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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Series: | Chinese Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13020-019-0261-x |