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EVALUATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL, MICROBIOLOGICAL & TOXICOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF SOME NATURAL GUMS

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Santosh Kumar Dash[a]*, Bhupen Chandra Behera[b], Biswaranjan Mohanty[c]
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.2.004

Abstract

Crude gums such as Terminalia elliptica.Willd. (Saj), Buchanania lanzan. Spreng. (Chironji) gum and Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth (Siris) were isolated and evaluated for their physicochemical,microbiological,and toxicological characters.The pH result indicates that the three of these isolated gums are fairly acidic. Therefore, it may be necessary to alter the pH when making these gums for an oral or buccal medicine delivery system. The Sirs (A. lebbeck) gum had the highest swelling index among the three after a 24-hour examination. Although this gum's swelling index was relatively high, it didn't have the same gel strength as Saj and Chironji gum. All of these gums were of good grade and purity, according to the ash value data. Saj, Chironji, and Siris gums appear to have a minor hygroscopic character and should be stored in an airtight container based on their loss on drying.

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