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. 2021 Mar 5;16(2):118–128. doi: 10.4103/1735-5362.310519

Table 1.

Chemical compositions of crude and carboxymethyl gums. All values (%) are presented as the mean ± SD, (n = 3).

Components (%)	Tamarindus indica gum		Cassia fistula gum

	Crude	Modified	Crude	Modified
Moisture	5.40 ± 0.06	3.97 ± 0.16	8.17 ± 0.20	7.60 ± 0.26
Ash	0.09 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.14 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.00
Protein	3.58 ± 0.16	0.00 ± 0.00	1.03 ± 0.14	0.00 ± 0.00
Fat	15.25 ± 0.85	2.59 ± 0.42	10.04 ± 1.56	4.64 ± 0.67
Polysaccharide^a	81.08 ± 3.73	97.41 ± 1.43	88.79 ± 1.88	95.36 ± 2.61

^aPolysaccharide content (%) = 100 - (protein% + fat%).