Gum+Arabic

toc Aimee Leong

=**Gum Arabic**=

Gum arabic is a difficult mixture of long and short chains of sugars (arabinogalactan oligosaccharides and polysaccharides) and glycoproteins, (proteins with sugars attached).

•What type of nutrient/chemical is it? The type of nutrient/chemical is a carbohydrate. •What human body systems are most affected by this? It is used for sore throats, soothe clogged bronchial passages, and is usuaully mixed together with water to become a paste to ease and heal external injuries. •From what type of foods do we mainly obtain this chemical/nutrient? The type of foods that mainly obtain gum arabic are soft drink syrups, hard gummy candies, marshmallows, M & M's, and most of all chewing gums. •What is the chemical/nutrient’s chemical formula? (C6 H10 O5)n •Include a diagram of the molecule.

 [|http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/hyarabic.html

**Arabinogalactan oligosaccharides**

 * An oligosaccharide is a saccharide polymer holding a small number usually three to ten of component sugars or simple sugars.

http://focosi.immunesig.org/siderophores.jpg http://www.tokyokasei.co.jp/common/img-structure/thumb/S0111.jpg

**Polysaccharides**

 * Polysaccharides are carbohydrate, that are made of chains that are Monosaccharides

http://molecular-biology.suite101.com/article.cfm/polysaccharides


 * Polysaccharides** image: http://www.apsu.edu/reedr/Reed%20Web%20Pages/Chem%204310/Lectures/disacc1.jpg

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 * Monosaccharides** image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Alpha-D-Fructofuranose.svg

Glycoprotein

 * Glycoprotein is a molecule that is made of carbohydrate and protein.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=16842

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Glicoprotein.svg