Contribution of arabinogalactan protein to the stabilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution of gum arabic

The colloidal stabilization of young red wine by Acacia senegal gum: The involvement of the protein backbone from the protein-rich arabinogalactan-proteins

“…showed that the protein-rich AGPs made the best emulsions in model beverage (Ray, Bird, Iacobucci & Clark, 1995). Protein-rich AGPs were also found to be the most effective in decreasing the interfacial tension of n-hexadecane-water interface (Castellani, Al-Assaf, Axelos, Phillips & Anton, 2010), to preferentially adsorb at the interface of latex dispersions (Snowden, Phillips & Williams, 1987) and oil droplets (Randall, Phillips & Williams, 1988), and to stabilize carbon nanotube dispersions (Li, Zhang, Jin & Cai, 2018).…”

Gum arabic as a sole wall material for constructing nanoparticle to enhance the stability and bioavailability of curcumin

“…Gum arabic (GA), the “gold standard” food grade emulsifier, is widely used in the food industry, and can be used as one of the carrier base materials for bioactive substances ( Rajabi, Jafari, Rajabzadeh, Sarfarazi, & Sedaghati, 2019 ).As a polymer complex, GA mainly consists of three subfractions, namely arabinogalactan (∼90 %of total gum mass), arabinogalactan-protein (∼10 %of total gum mass), and glycoprotein (∼1%of total gum mass). Among them, arabinogalactan-protein has been identified as the key fraction responsible for the amphiphilic nature of GA and possesses a ‘wattle blossom’ type structure where the hydrophilic blocks of carbohydrate are linked to a common hydrophobic polypeptide chain ( Li, Zhang, Jin, & Cai, 2018 ). In addition, this structure leads to its easy adsorption of hydrophobic substances.…”

MWCNTs Dispersion adopting GA and Its Application towards Copper Tailings-Based Cementitious Materials

“…Among these surfactants, GA is a safe and harmless food thickening additive with good biocompatibility and is particularly favored [39] . Very low concentrations of CNTs aqueous dispersions have been studied using GA for a variety of applications [40][41][42][43][44] .…”