Tree Gum: Gum Kondagogu

摘要: Tree gums are obtained as the natural exudates of different tree species and exhibit unique properties with a wide variety applications. Commercially, have separate niche in world market commodity international trade. These biopolymers abundant, come from renewable sources, relatively inexpensive nontoxic, amenable to both chemical biochemical modifications that find widespread extensive food nonfood Most heterogeneous polysaccharides complicated structures extremely high molecular masses. Major exudate include gum arabic, tragacanth, karaya, ghatti, kondagogu. Exudate possess combination functionalities can never be matched by any other alternative synthetic polymers, which makes their complete substitution impossible. Importantly, these eco-friendly they biodeteriorable. Gum kondagogu is naturally occurring nontoxic polysaccharide derived an bark Cochlospermum gossypium (Bixaceae family), native India. To exploit its potential commercial applications, morphological, structural, physicochemical, compositional, solution, conformational, rheological, emulsifying, metal-biosorption been elucidated. acidic content uronic acid major functional groups identified hydroxyl, acetyl, carbonyl, carboxylic groups. The primary structure this biopolymer contains sugars, such arabinose, rhamnose, glucose, galactose, mannose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid. Based on spectroscopic categorization, probable structural feature consigned (1 ! 2) b-D-Gal p, 6) 4) b-D-Glc p A, 4-0-Me-a-D-Glc a-L-Rha, a-D-Gal A. outcome experimental studies carried out has established efficacy proficient for (i) bioremediation toxic metals, (ii) green synthesis metal nanoparticles magnetic iron oxide (MNP), (iii) mercury biosensor, (iv) nanosilver-based antibacterial agent medical Additionally, appropriate modification present kondagogumay lead development novel technologies applications pharmaceutical biotechnology industries.