ReviewChinese medicine2019
Functional polysaccharides of carob fruit: a review.
Review in Chinese medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Carob (Reviews on recent clinical trials · 2024Pooled it
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- Carob (Nutrients · 2026Review
- Carob Tree: A Review of Traditional Uses, Medicinal Properties, and Future Perspectives in Sustainable Forestry.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Physicochemical Characterization and Antioxidant Properties of Cellulose-Rich Extracts Obtained from Carob (Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Nutritional value, HPLC-DAD analysis and biological activities of Ceratonia siliqua L. pulp based on in vitro and in silico studies.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Broccoli, Artichoke, Carob and Apple By-Products as a Source of Soluble Fiber: How It Can Be Affected by Enzymatic Treatment with PectinexFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- 3D Printing of New Foods Using Cellulose-Based Gels Obtained fromGels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Carob (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Well-Established and Traditional Use of Vegetal Extracts as an Approach to the "Deep Roots" of Cough.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Nutritional, biochemical and health properties of Locust beans and its applications in the food industry: a review.Journal of food science and technology · 2024Review
- Exploring Carob (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Nutritional, biochemical, and clinical applications of carob: A review.Food science & nutrition · 2023Review
- Locust Bean Gum, a Vegetable Hydrocolloid with Industrial and Biopharmaceutical Applications.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Locust Bean Gum Nano-Based Hydrogel for Vaginal Delivery of Diphenyl Diselenide in the Treatment of Trichomoniasis: Formulation Characterization and In Vitro Biological Evaluation.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- Carob: A Sustainable Opportunity for Metabolic Health.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Encapsulation of Caffeic Acid in Carob Bean Flour and Whey Protein-Based Nanofibers via Electrospinning.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Polysaccharides in carob fruit, including carob bean gum (also known as carob gum, locust bean gum) and carob fiber, are widely used in industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, paper, textile, oil well drilling and cosmetics. Carob bean gum is a galactomannan obtained from the seed endosperm of carob tree and the fiber is obtained by removing most of soluble carbohydrates in carob pulp by water extraction. Both the gum and fiber are beneficial to health for many diseases such as diabetes, bowel movements, heart disease and colon cancer. This article reviewed the composition, properties, food applications and health benefits of polysaccharides from carob fruit.
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