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| APPLICATIONS OF GUM KARAYA |
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| Gum karaya is a natural polysaccharide with some special properties, which enable its utilization in various industrial applications. |
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Bulk laxatives |
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Appetite suppressants. |
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Denture Adhesives |
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Ostomy Appliances |
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Other food products and pharmaceutical applications. |
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| Bulk Laxatives |
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| Gum karaya swells in water to a great extent. This property helps in the utilization of the gum as a bulk laxative. There are various industrial products available in the market with gum karaya as one of the major constituents for this application. In the intestinal tract Gum karaya takes up moisture, swells about 100 times or more the original volume, forms discontinuous mucilage and as a result increases the volume of faeces and promotes the peristalsis. |
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| Nutriroma manufactures Gum karaya granules of different mesh sizes suitable for laxative formulations. |
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| Appetite Suppressants |
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Gum karaya swells in the digestive system of human being but it shall not be absorbed from intestine. Before a meal when granules of Gum karaya are taken with plenty of water they produce satiation and thus reduce appetite.
formulations using Gum karaya for this purpose are known in the market.
Nutriroma makes granules of Gum karaya to suit such formulations. |
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| Denture Adhesives |
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Powdered Gum karaya of suitable swelling, viscosity and particle size finds application in the manufacture of denture Adhesives. The Denture Adhesives available in the market are either in the powder from or paste form. The swelling and the moisture absorbing capacity of Gum karaya helps in absorbing saliva from mouth and fixes the dentures firmly to the plate without any gap.
Nutriroma supplies Gum karaya powder for Denture Adhesive with low microbial count tailormade to the industrial needs. |
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| Ostomy Appliances |
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Gum karaya is utilized in making of ostomy powder, paste, ring, disc or sheet. There are several advantages using Gum karqaya for these applications like soothing to skin and being resistant to enzymatic breakdown of colonic bacteria etc.
Nutriroma supplies Gum karaya powder suitable for the purpose of manufacturing these ostomy appliances.
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| Other food products and pharmaceutical applications |
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Gum karaya powder finds applications in other food industries like Ice cream industry and pharmaceutical industry as a tablet disintegrant etc.
Nutriroma manufacturers Gum karaya powder meeting the pharmacopoeial requirements suitable for these applications.
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