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The gums and mucilages of plants

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Book cover Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates

Abstract

In general the methods which have been used to elucidate the structures of the gums and mucilages are similar to those which have been employed to determine the detailed architecture of the glucose polymers cellulose and starch (for general reviews see the books by Heuser 1944, and by Radley 1953). The composition of the gums and mucilages is however much more complicated than is that of cellulose and more complex than that of starch in that several neutral sugars may be present in the molecule. These sugars are often joined to one another in the most diverse manner and frequently have attached to them acetyl or methoxyl groups. An added complication is caused by the presence in some cases of d-glucuronic acid or its 4-O-methyl ether or of d-galacturonic acid. Up to the present basic sugars such as d-glucosamine or d-galactosamine have not been encountered in plant gums and mucilages. For the purpose of the present article no special separation will be made between the gums and mucilages in so far as their chemistry is concerned. It suffices to say that in general gums are exuded materials which can be collected as such in a relatively pure state whereas mucilages are components of seeds, bark, roots, etc., and must be isolated by some physical process, such as extraction with water, before they can be obtained in a relatively pure form (for a general review see the book by Mantel 1947). The vexed problem of the homogeneity of the gums and mucilages has yet to be solved.

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    Börje Åberg (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy) (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy)

  2. Biology Department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn 10, New York, USA

    Harry G. Albaum (Professor of Biology) (Professor of Biology)

  3. Botanisches Institut, Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart, Cannstatter Straße 212, Deutschland

    August Arnold

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    N. P. Badenhuizen

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    E. J. Bourne (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

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    Gerda Dangschat

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  8. Botanisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, Deutschland

    Hermann Fischer

  9. The University, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15, Great Britain

    A. B. Foster (Lecturer in Chemistry) (Lecturer in Chemistry)

  10. Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, Deutschland

    Joachim Goerdeler (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

  11. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

    Alfred Gottschalk M.D., D.Sc, F.R.A.C.I., F.R.I.C., F.A.A.

  12. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    W. Z. Hassid (Professor of Plant Biochemistry) (Professor of Plant Biochemistry)

  13. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Felix Haurowitz (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

  14. Botanisch Laboratorium, Grote Rozenstraat 31, Groningen, Nederlande

    R. J. Helder

  15. Institut für Chemische Technik, Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße 12, Deutschland

    F. A. Henglein

  16. The University, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Edmund L. Hirst (Professor of Organic Chemistry) (Professor of Organic Chemistry)

  17. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    J. K. N. Jones (S.R.S. Research Professor) (S.R.S. Research Professor)

  18. c/o Sandoz AG., Basel 13, Schweiz

    E. Jucker  & Arthur Stoll  & 

  19. Bad Sooden-Allendorf/Werra, Deutschland

    Gerhard Kerstan

  20. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, Scotland

    J. A. Lovern (Senior Principal Scientific Officer) (Senior Principal Scientific Officer)

  21. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania, USA

    Erston V. Miller (Research Professor of Botany) (Research Professor of Botany)

  22. Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität, Stockholm Va, Odengatan 63, Sweden

    Gunnar Neumüller

  23. Subdept. of Plant biophysics, Botany Dept., The University, Leeds 2, Great Britain

    R. D. Preston

  24. Universität Uppsala, Sweden

    Bengt G. Rånby (Dozent für Physikalische Chemie) (Dozent für Physikalische Chemie)

  25. Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio, USA

    F. Shafizadeh (Associate Supervisor) & Melville L. Wolfrom (Associate Supervisor) & 

  26. Department of Chemistry, The University, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15, Great Britain

    M. Stacey (Mason Professor and Head) (Mason Professor and Head)

  27. Den polytekniske Laereanstalts organiskkemiske Laboratorium, Sølvgade 83, København K., Danmark

    Stig Veibel

  28. Ludwigshafen a. Rh., Sternstraße 166, Deutschland

    Bruno Vollmert (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

  29. Stuttgart - Untertürkheim, Strümpfelbacherstraße 49, Deutschland

    Adolf Wagner

  30. Institut für allgemeine Botanik der Universität, Künstlergasse 16, Zürich, Schweiz

    Hans Wanner

  31. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Mainz, Deutschland

    Hans Weber (Universitäts-Professor) (Universitäts-Professor)

  32. The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London S.W. 1, Great Britain

    W. J. Whelan

  33. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelfrischhaltung, Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße 12, Deutschland

    Johannes Wolf

  34. National Research Council, Halifax, N.S., Canada

    E. Gordon Young (Director) (Director)

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Hirst, E.L., Jones, J.K.N. (1958). The gums and mucilages of plants. In: Åberg, B., et al. Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94731-5_20

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