Table 3.

Moisture, ash, and molecular weight (Mw) of various plant gums

Sample	Moisture %	Ash %	Soluble ash%	Mw
Acacia glomerosa gum 1	11.29	7.98	-	0.9 × 105
Corn fiber gum 2	4.0-6.6	4.0-5.9	-	-
Grewia gum 3	10.6- 18.8	6.1 -6.3	3.4 -3.8	-
Okra fruit gum 4	9.35-9.37	4.81-5.95	-	-
Baobab leaves gum 4	7.8-8.0	8.8-9.88	-	> 1.0 ×105

¹ Gundidza et al. [24]; ² Yadav et al. [22]; ³ Nep and Conway [25]; ⁴ Woolfe et al. [26].