“…For instance, NMR was employed to characterize molecular mobility for the combination of several polysaccharides, including xanthan gum (Lüsse and Arnold 1998; Vittadini and others 2002), as well as structural interactions (Whitney and others 1998; Lazaridou and others 2000; Tojo and Prado 2003; Kim and others 2006). With the assistance of NMR, the effect of water on pectin molecules was elucidated (Kerr and Wicker 2000), whereas the molecular interactions between locust bean gum and cellulose was specified to involve mannosyl residues and not galactosyl residues as first thought (Newman and Hemmingson 1998). Capable of measuring the proton density of water throughout a sample, MRI, when used in conjunction with NMR, could relate the homogeneity of a hydrogel to its textural behavior (Gil and others 1996).…”