“…Other modifications of mucin reported include thermal, pH, chemical, physical etc (Sarkar, et al, 1987;Viney, et al, 1993;Baranowski, 2006;Adikwu and Eraga, 2007). These modifications have been reported to affect mucin properties such as aggregation and gelation, stability, rheology, adhesiveness, crystallinity and viscosity (Bansil and Turner, 2006).…”