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Karaya gum

Synonym(s):

Gum karaya from sterculia tree, Tragacanth Indian

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About This Item

CAS Number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

plant fluids (Gum karaya)

Quality Level

form

powder

color

faint yellow to brown

storage temp.

room temp

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Application

Karaya gum may be used for the development of gastro intestinal tract drug delivery vehicles, mucoadhesive sustained release drug delivery and noneffervescent floating drug delivery systems in combination with alginate.

Other Notes

Believed to be a partially acetylated polymer of galactose, rhamnose, and glucuronic acid with a M.W. of approx. 9,500,000.
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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sadia Afrose et al.
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.), 29(5), 350-354 (2009-06-27)
Different sources of saponins are known to have hypocholesterolemic activity with varying degrees of efficacy. We hypothesize that karaya root saponin would efficiently reduce cholesterol. The aim of this study is to examine the comparative hypocholesterolemic effect of karaya root
Oluwatoyin A Odeku et al.
Pharmaceutical development and technology, 11(4), 435-441 (2006-11-15)
A study has been made of the compression properties of khaya gum matrices and the effects of drug concentration and method of preparation of the material on the compression, mechanical and the drug release characteristics of the matrices. Khaya gum
S Singh et al.
Current drug delivery, 4(4), 269-275 (2007-11-06)
The present investigation concerns the development of floating matrix tablets of metoclopramide hydrochloride (MHCl) for improving its bioavailability by prolonging gastric residence time. Floating matrix tablets (FMT) of MHCl were prepared using the polymers guar gum (GG), karaya gum (KG)
Yulia Shcherbina et al.
AAPS PharmSciTech, 11(3), 1276-1286 (2010-08-17)
Essential oils are used in foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Despite the recent marketing of novel essential-oil-containing patches, there is no information on their production, constituents, or physical properties. The objectives of this study were to produce essential-oil patches and characterize
Mysheika LeMaile-Williams et al.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 43(9), e83-e88 (2006-10-10)
We investigated an outbreak involving 2 patients hospitalized at hospital A with cutaneous Rhizopus arrhizus (oryzae) infections of surgically created stomas. A cohort study involving all patients having ileostomy or colostomy surgery during the outbreak period (January-April 2005) was performed.

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