Karaya gum

120.28

120.187800766

232-539-4

DTXSID7044182

Finely ground white powder|COLORS RANGE FROM WHITE TO TAN, THE LIGHTEST BEING THE BEST GRADES|Color varies from white to dark brown or black

Yellow to Pale Brown Powder

ONE OF THE LEAST SOLUBLE OF THE GUMS|ABSORBS WATER TO FORM VISCOUS SOLUTIONS @ LOW CONCN

COLD STORAGE INHIBITS...DEGRADATION /OF VISCOSITY FORMING ABILITY/.

Faint odor of acetic acid

Carbohydrate polymer of varying chem composition, properties depend on freshness and time of storage|ELECTROLYTES & EXCESS ACID CAN ALSO CAUSE DROP IN VISCOSITY|Color of soln lightens in acidic media, darkens in alkaline media due to presence of tannins|For more Other Experimental Properties (Complete) data for STERCULIA GUM (7 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

NONH for all modes of transport

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WI9370000

HIGH ACETYL CONTENT, HAS TENDENCY TO SPLIT OFF FREE ACETIC ACID ON AGING, RATE IS TEMP, HUMIDITY AND PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENT|SOLUTIONS LOSE VISCOSITY WITH AGE DEVELOPING ACETIC OR VINEGARY TASTE; ACID NUMBERS FROM 13.4-22.7|LOSES VISCOSITY FORMING ABILITY WHEN STORED IN DRY STATE, LOSS BEING GREATER FOR POWDERED MATERIAL THAN FOR CRUDE GUM

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

Substance added directly to human food affirmed as generally recognized as safe (GRAS).|Sterculia gum used as a stabilizer in animal drugs, feeds, and related products is generally recognized as safe when used in accordance with good manufacturing or feeding practice.|Manufacturers, packers, and distributors of drug and drug products for human use are responsible for complying with the labeling, certification, and usage requirements as prescribed by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (secs 201-902, 52 Stat. 1040 et seq., as amended; 21 U.S.C. 321-392).

THE DRIED EXUDATE OF THE TREE STERCULIA URENS ROXB, STERCULIACEAE, FOUND IN INDIA, ESPECIALLY GUJERAT REGION AND IN CENTRAL PROVINCES: TOOTHAKER, THE SOLUBLE GUMS (PHILADELPHIA, 1921); MANTELL, THE WATER SOLUBLE GUMS (NEW YORK, 1947).

INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE ASSOCIATED WITH OCCUPATIONAL DERMATITIS AND/OR ASTHMA IN HAIR DRESSERS. /FROM TABLE/

...EFFECTIVE BULK-FORMING LAXATIVE...AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF PROPRIETARY PREPARATIONS.

BULK-FORMING AGENTS POTENTIALLY ADSORB OTHER DRUGS ADMIN CONCURRENTLY, THEREBY INTERFERING WITH THEIR INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, BUT SOLID EVIDENCE IS LACKING. INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION...REPORTED...& IMPACTION MAY RESULT WHEN THERE IS GROSS INTESTINAL PATHOLOGY. /BULK-FORMING LAXATIVES/|THESE AGENTS SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED IN INDIVIDUALS WITH INTESTINAL ULCERATION, STENOSIS, OR ADHESIONS. OCCASIONAL CASES OF ESOPHAGEAL OBSTRUCTION HAVE OCCURRED WHEN THESE AGENTS HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED DRY... /BULK-FORMING LAXATIVES/|ALLERGIC REACTIONS, CHARACTERIZED BY URTICARIA, RHINITIS, DERMATITIS, & ASTHMA, HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO.../POWDERED KARAYA (STERCULIA) GUM/

Substances used to cause adherence of tissue to tissue or tissue to non-tissue surfaces, as for prostheses. (See all compounds classified as Tissue Adhesives.)

...WATER & ELECTROLYTES MAY BE RETAINED IN INTESTINAL LUMEN BY HYDROPHILIC OR OSMOTIC PROPERTIES OF DRUG OR ITS METABOLITES, WITH INTESTINAL TRANSIT BEING INCR INDIRECTLY DUE TO INCR INTESTINAL BULK. /BULK-FORMING LAXATIVES/

...IMPURITIES RANGE FROM 0.1-3.0% OF BARK & FOREIGN ORG MATTER.

ASIDE FROM OCCASIONAL ALLERGIC REACTION, THESE DRUGS CAN BE INGESTED IN LARGE AMT WITH LITTLE DANGER OR DISTRESS EXCEPT DIARRHEA, FLATULENCE, & RARELY FECAL IMPACTION. /GUMS, VEGETABLES/|A 27-YR-OLD NURSE DEVELOPED ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS INCL CHEST TIGHTNESS, WHEEZING, COUGHING, & NASAL CONGESTION AFTER EXPOSURE TO KARAYA GUM POWDER BEING USED AS SKIN BARRIER IN OSTOMY CARE.

glyloid|Gum Karaya

Grades: technical; FCC

Tamarind seed gum: ACTIVE|XU - indicates a substance exempt from reporting under the Chemical Data Reporting Rule, (40 CFR 711).|Karaya gum: ACTIVE|CHEMICALLY, KARAYA IS A COMPLEX, PARTIALLY ACETYLATED POLYSACCHARIDE WITH AN EXTREMELY HIGH MOL WT...|CRUDE GUM KARAYA IS RECEIVED BY THE PROCESSORS IN THE FORM OF TEARS, OR FRAGMENTS, IN GRADES WHICH ARE BASED ON PURITY, COLOR, AND VISCOSITY. BARK IS THE MAIN IMPURITY, BUT WOOD FIBER AND SAND MAY ALSO BE PRESENT.|THE GUM KARAYA MOLECULE CONTAINS L-RHAMANOSE, D-GALACTOSE, & D-GALACTURONIC ACID UNITS. RATIOS OF 43% GALACTURONIC ACID, 13% D-GALACTOSE, & 15% L-RHAMANOSE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED BY HYDROLYSIS. ...MOLECULAR RATIOS OF 5:6:4 RESPECTIVELY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR ABOVE COMPONENTS.|FOOD USES...ARE BASED ON ITS COLD WATER SWELLING, VISCOSITY & SUSPENDING POWER. IT IS USED IN SALAD DRESSINGS AS EMULSIFIER; IN MFR OF ICE POPS & SHERBETS TO PREVENT MIGRATION OF FREE WATER & FORMATION OF LARGE ICE CRYSTALS; IN CHEESE SPREADS TO PREVENT WATER SEPARATION & TO FACILITATE SPREADING...

Food Additives -> EMULSIFIER; STABILIZER; THICKENER; -> JECFA Functional Classes|Cosmetics -> Viscosity controlling

Food Additives -> EMULSIFIER; STABILIZER; THICKENER;