Ebook: Physical Chemistry and Industrial Application of Gellan Gum

Gellan gum, a microbial polysaccharide, consisting of tetra-saccharide unit, glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose and rhamnose, forms a transparent gel which is heat-resistant in the presence of divalent cations. Since 1989, the collaborative research group was organised in the Research Group of Polymer Gels affiliated to the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, consisting of various laboratories with different disciplines to clarify the mechanism using the common purified sample. This special issue contains 19 papers on the molecular conformation, gel-sol transition, interaction of gellan and water, cations and sugar, based on rheology, NMR, ESR, DSC, light scattering, osmotic pressure, small angle x-ray scattering, dielectric measurement, atomic force microscopy and the industrial application of gellan gum presented at the 4th International Conference on Hydrocolloids - OCUIS '98 by the collaborative group members and by international experts.

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Gellan gum, a microbial polysaccharide, consisting of tetra-saccharide unit, glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose and rhamnose, forms a transparent gel which is heat-resistant in the presence of divalent cations. Since 1989, the collaborative research group was organised in the Research Group of Polymer Gels affiliated to the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, consisting of various laboratories with different disciplines to clarify the mechanism using the common purified sample. This special issue contains 19 papers on the molecular conformation, gel-sol transition, interaction of gellan and water, cations and sugar, based on rheology, NMR, ESR, DSC, light scattering, osmotic pressure, small angle x-ray scattering, dielectric measurement, atomic force microscopy and the industrial application of gellan gum presented at the 4th International Conference on Hydrocolloids - OCUIS '98 by the collaborative group members and by international experts.

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Gellan gum, a microbial polysaccharide, consisting of tetra-saccharide unit, glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose and rhamnose, forms a transparent gel which is heat-resistant in the presence of divalent cations. Since 1989, the collaborative research group was organised in the Research Group of Polymer Gels affiliated to the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, consisting of various laboratories with different disciplines to clarify the mechanism using the common purified sample. This special issue contains 19 papers on the molecular conformation, gel-sol transition, interaction of gellan and water, cations and sugar, based on rheology, NMR, ESR, DSC, light scattering, osmotic pressure, small angle x-ray scattering, dielectric measurement, atomic force microscopy and the industrial application of gellan gum presented at the 4th International Conference on Hydrocolloids - OCUIS '98 by the collaborative group members and by international experts.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Characterization of gellan gum in aqueous NaCl solution....Pages 1-7
Temperature dependence of the conformational properties of sodium-type gellan gum in aqueous solutions....Pages 8-14
Hydrogen-bonding behavior of gellan in solution during structural change observed by 1H NMR and circular dichroism methods....Pages 15-24
Multinuclear NMR study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum....Pages 25-30
Electron spin resonance study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solution by the addition of paramagnetic metal- ions....Pages 31-35
Dielectric study on the dynamics of an aqueous solution of gellan gum....Pages 36-40
The sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions in the presence of various metal salts....Pages 41-47
Differential scanning calorimetry and structural studies of the sol-gel transition of gellan gum in water....Pages 48-55
Light scattering, sound velocity and viscoelastic behavior of aqueous gellan solutions....Pages 56-61
Rheological properties of the gellan /water system....Pages 62-67
Rheological and thermal properties near the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions....Pages 68-82
Effects of sugar on the sol-gel transition in gellan gum aqueous solutions....Pages 83-91
Structural change of polymer chains of gellan monitored by circular dichroism....Pages 92-97
Phase transitions of gellan-water systems....Pages 98-101
A fibrous model for gellan gels from atomic force microscopy studies....Pages 102-108
Rheology and gelation of deacylated gellan polysaccharide with Na+ as the sole counterion....Pages 109-115
Molecular origins of the rheology of high-sugar gellan systems....Pages 116-122
The latest technologies for the application of gellan gum....Pages 123-126
Gelatin alternatives for the food industry....Pages 127-131
Back Matter....Pages 133-135

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Gellan gum, a microbial polysaccharide, consisting of tetra-saccharide unit, glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose and rhamnose, forms a transparent gel which is heat-resistant in the presence of divalent cations. Since 1989, the collaborative research group was organised in the Research Group of Polymer Gels affiliated to the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, consisting of various laboratories with different disciplines to clarify the mechanism using the common purified sample. This special issue contains 19 papers on the molecular conformation, gel-sol transition, interaction of gellan and water, cations and sugar, based on rheology, NMR, ESR, DSC, light scattering, osmotic pressure, small angle x-ray scattering, dielectric measurement, atomic force microscopy and the industrial application of gellan gum presented at the 4th International Conference on Hydrocolloids - OCUIS '98 by the collaborative group members and by international experts.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Characterization of gellan gum in aqueous NaCl solution....Pages 1-7
Temperature dependence of the conformational properties of sodium-type gellan gum in aqueous solutions....Pages 8-14
Hydrogen-bonding behavior of gellan in solution during structural change observed by 1H NMR and circular dichroism methods....Pages 15-24
Multinuclear NMR study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum....Pages 25-30
Electron spin resonance study on the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solution by the addition of paramagnetic metal- ions....Pages 31-35
Dielectric study on the dynamics of an aqueous solution of gellan gum....Pages 36-40
The sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions in the presence of various metal salts....Pages 41-47
Differential scanning calorimetry and structural studies of the sol-gel transition of gellan gum in water....Pages 48-55
Light scattering, sound velocity and viscoelastic behavior of aqueous gellan solutions....Pages 56-61
Rheological properties of the gellan /water system....Pages 62-67
Rheological and thermal properties near the sol-gel transition of gellan gum aqueous solutions....Pages 68-82
Effects of sugar on the sol-gel transition in gellan gum aqueous solutions....Pages 83-91
Structural change of polymer chains of gellan monitored by circular dichroism....Pages 92-97
Phase transitions of gellan-water systems....Pages 98-101
A fibrous model for gellan gels from atomic force microscopy studies....Pages 102-108
Rheology and gelation of deacylated gellan polysaccharide with Na+ as the sole counterion....Pages 109-115
Molecular origins of the rheology of high-sugar gellan systems....Pages 116-122
The latest technologies for the application of gellan gum....Pages 123-126
Gelatin alternatives for the food industry....Pages 127-131
Back Matter....Pages 133-135
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