Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications
Gum Arabic (GA), or acacia gum, refers to the dried exudate produced by certain Acacia trees. GA is composed mainly of a mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, with proportions that can slightly differ from one species to another. It is commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industr...
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| author | Shaymaa A. Mohamed Asmaa M. Elsherbini Heba R. Alrefaey Kareem Adelrahman Alshaimaa Moustafa Nishal M. Egodawaththa Kaitlyn E. Crawford Nasri Nesnas Sally A. Sabra |
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| description | Gum Arabic (GA), or acacia gum, refers to the dried exudate produced by certain Acacia trees. GA is composed mainly of a mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, with proportions that can slightly differ from one species to another. It is commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industries as a stabilizer or an emulsifier owing to its biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, and antibacterial properties. In addition, GA can be manipulated as it possesses many functional groups that can be used in grafting, cross-linking, or chemical modifications to add a new feature to the developed material. In this review, we highlight recent GA-based formulations, including nanoparticles, hydrogels, nanofibers, membranes, or scaffolds, and their possible applications in tissue regeneration, cancer therapy, wound healing, biosensing, bioimaging, food packaging, and antimicrobial and antifouling membranes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-09aecbe57f7a44f790f2e690653452f82025-08-20T02:44:43ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912025-02-0115429010.3390/nano15040290Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and ApplicationsShaymaa A. Mohamed0Asmaa M. Elsherbini1Heba R. Alrefaey2Kareem Adelrahman3Alshaimaa Moustafa4Nishal M. Egodawaththa5Kaitlyn E. Crawford6Nasri Nesnas7Sally A. Sabra8Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, EgyptDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, EgyptDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USADepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USADepartment of Materials Science, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, EgyptDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USADepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USADepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USADepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, EgyptGum Arabic (GA), or acacia gum, refers to the dried exudate produced by certain Acacia trees. GA is composed mainly of a mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, with proportions that can slightly differ from one species to another. It is commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industries as a stabilizer or an emulsifier owing to its biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, and antibacterial properties. In addition, GA can be manipulated as it possesses many functional groups that can be used in grafting, cross-linking, or chemical modifications to add a new feature to the developed material. In this review, we highlight recent GA-based formulations, including nanoparticles, hydrogels, nanofibers, membranes, or scaffolds, and their possible applications in tissue regeneration, cancer therapy, wound healing, biosensing, bioimaging, food packaging, and antimicrobial and antifouling membranes.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/15/4/290Gum Arabicnanoparticleshydrogelsnanofibersmembranesscaffolds |
| spellingShingle | Shaymaa A. Mohamed Asmaa M. Elsherbini Heba R. Alrefaey Kareem Adelrahman Alshaimaa Moustafa Nishal M. Egodawaththa Kaitlyn E. Crawford Nasri Nesnas Sally A. Sabra Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications Nanomaterials Gum Arabic nanoparticles hydrogels nanofibers membranes scaffolds |
| title | Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications |
| title_full | Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications |
| title_fullStr | Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications |
| title_short | Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications |
| title_sort | gum arabic a commodity with versatile formulations and applications |
| topic | Gum Arabic nanoparticles hydrogels nanofibers membranes scaffolds |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/15/4/290 |
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