Overview
A biochemist and an agronomist present the known facts – for the first time in one volume – about guar, an Old World legume. Guar is now grown in large quantities to produce guar gum, an important industrial water-soluble hydrocolloid. Guar seed has a high content of vegetable protein, and with genetic improvement, it could provide a valuable source of protein in the human diet; however, more research is required to make use of guar seed economically feasible. The guar plant has been cultivated in India and Pakistan for generations, and guar gum has been used in manufacturing in the United States and abroad since World War II. Today, guar gum is used as a friction-reducing agent in oil well drilling and mining operation; as a binding agent in the manufacturing of explosives; reconstituted tobacco, and sausage products; and as a thickener and stabilizer in cosmetics, processed cheese products, baked goods and icings, dressings and sauces, beverages, and canned meat products.
Full Product Details
Author: R.L. Whistler ,
Theodore Hymowitz
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Imprint: Purdue University Press
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9780911198515
ISBN 10: 0911198512
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 30 January 1979
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The comprehensive review provides interesting reading and presents the information in a well-organized manner. Brittonia A suitable acquisition for professionals in agriculture, graduate students, upper-division undergraduate, and community-college students. Choice
A suitable acquisition for professionals in agriculture, graduate students, upper-division undergraduate, and community-college students. -Choice The comprehensive review provides interesting reading and presents the information in a well-organized manner. -Brittonia
A suitable acquisition for professionals in agriculture, graduate students, upper-division undergraduate, and community-college students.""—Choice ""The comprehensive review provides interesting reading and presents the information in a well-organized manner.""—Brittonia
Author Information
Roy L. Whistler is Hillenbrand Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Purdue University. He is a member and past president of the American Association of Cereal Chemists and a member of the American Chemical Society. Theodore Hymowitz is a professor of plant genetics at the University of Illinois. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of the American Society of Agronomy and Genetics Society of America.
