Gum arabic

in the respective tables. The powdered gum of Acacia arabica was subjected to preliminary organoleptic evaluation. The scanty availability of information on this plant facilitates the study on it. The attempt is made to study the Pharmacognostical, phytochemical and pharmacological activities of gum of the plant. The study was divided into three major parts viz. • Pharmacognostical studies • Phytochemical screening • Pharmacological studies. Fig 1. Gum of Acacia arabica A.…

Have you ever had maple syrup in the morning, with your either pancakes or waffles? Well if you have had maple syrup on anything, have you ever thought where it comes from? It comes from sap and that's what I am writing about. I picked this subject because I have always wondered where maple syrup came from. I will be writing about: what is sap, what are its uses, and why do trees produce sap. Sap is the fluid that gets carried through the xylem cells of a tree. Another name for sap,…

since the Mento has holes around it, the Mento is the best choice for the eruption. The bubbles will continue to rise, and that will happen for a while. The gum arabic and gelatin ingredients of the Mentos, combined with the potassium benzoate, sugar, or aspartame in diet sodas, also help in creating the large eruption. Gum arabic is a natural gum made by hardened sap from the acacia tree. Aspartame is a sugar substitute made of 14 carbon, 18 hydrogen, 2 nitrogen, and 5 oxygen elements.…

The history of my science fair projects objects is that Diet Coke (called Coca-Cola Light in some countries) is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. Unveiled on July 8, 1982 and introduced in the United States on August 9, it was the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark. The original recipe for the drink includes five ounces of coca leaf in every gallon of syrup. The coca plant is the same plant from which cocaine is. It also has…

Terrorism in an age of religious freedom Terrorism in our day is thought to be associated with confrontational activities which infringe human and civil rights. Terrorism is the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. Did terrorism begin after September the 9th or did the word inaugurate from some time back in history? Moreover, when did it start and were Muslims associated with terrorism like they are today? The first use in the English…

Islam or in social and cultural entities which, whether themselves Muslim or not, have been strongly influenced by the modes of life and thought characteristic of Islam. It was used in the medieval Islamic world in designing. Ink was also used in Arabic Calligraphy. In this paper, I will state the meaning of the ink, the types of ink, origin as well as the uses of the Islamic ink. I will also state some observations from some Islamic materials and how ink was used in decorating them. The Islamic…

The Atlantic Slave Trade existed, lasting from 1518 to 1875, initiated by the Spanish. Without the aid of wealthy Africans, the slave trade wouldn’t have propelled as much as it has. However, Europeans had facilitated a significant increase of the trade with firearms technology. This allowed the slave traders to pressure African lords to trade slaves, and in return rich Africans received finished goods such as firearms. This transaction complemented each other as wealthy Africans could increase…

the Black Sea region, art, fur, and animal hides. On the contrary, Mali’s main trade was gold. They traded through the Sahara desert. Mali had a whole expansions of markets just for west African goods. They traded gold, ivory, slaves, civet and gum arabic. There was also a trading and learning center located on the upper Niger River. Both Mali and Ghana would also trade crops such as rice, millet, cotton, and others. They would also breed animals for food. Mali and Ghana were able to control the…

• A candy maker named, Hans Riegel started the Haribo candy company in 1920. In 1922, he created the dancing bear candy made of gum arabic. The dancing bear candy was larger than the modern gummy bear. Modern gummy bears come in five colors. They are red, clear, orange, green, and yellow. Modern gummy bears contain sugar, glucose syrup, starch, food coloring, citric acid, and gelatin. • Solutions are mixtures that are mixed evenly throughout and can not be separated. The solute is the…

Carbohydrates are biological molecules made up of organic substances such as Oxygen, Hydrogen and Carbon (Rapidlearningcenter.com 2015). They normally have a two to one hydrogen to oxygen ratio and can be classified by the empirical formula Cm (H20)n where m and n could be possibly different. Some biologists refer to carbohydrates as hydrates of carbon and they are technically correct. Alternately, there is no possible empirical formula that can describe lipids. Lipid must be identified…