Table 6. Calculated sugar profile of arabic, tragacanth and fruit tree gums contaminated by the 10% of the saccharide content of softwood and hardwood.

gum	wood	xylose	arabinose	rhamnose	fucose	galacturonic acid	glucuronic acid	glucose	mannose	galactose
arabic	softwood	7.5	26.2	13.1	0.0	0.0	12.0	1.6	0.1	49.5
	hardwood	2.4	26.7	13.0	0.0	0.1	12.0	2.7	3.2	49.9
fruit tree	softwood	12.5	35.2	2.1	0.0	0.0	4.0	1.6	2.1	52.5
	hardwood	7.4	35.7	2.0	0.0	0.1	4.0	2.7	5.2	52.9
tragacanth	softwood	26.5	31.2	2.1	6.0	17.0	1.0	13.6	0.1	12.5
	hardwood	21.4	31.7	2.0	6.0	17.1	1.0	14.7	3.2	12.9