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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Gum Arabic: A Commodity with Versatile Formulations and Applications.

Shaymaa A Mohamed, Asmaa M Elsherbini, Heba R Alrefaey, Kareem Adelrahman, Alshaimaa Moustafa, Nishal M Egodawaththa, Kaitlyn E Crawford, Nasri Nesnas, Sally A Sabra

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shaymaa A MohamedDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.
Asmaa M ElsherbiniDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.
Heba R AlrefaeyDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1822-9340
Kareem AdelrahmanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3790-6354
Alshaimaa MoustafaDepartment of Materials Science, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.
Nishal M EgodawaththaDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4191-4322
Kaitlyn E CrawfordDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA.
Nasri NesnasDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3511-940X
Sally A SabraDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21526, Egypt.

Funding

Gordan L. Nelson Research Innovation Program Grant (GF000464). GF000464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gum Arabic (GA), or acacia gum, refers to the dried exudate produced by certain Acacia trees. GA is composed mainly of a mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins, with proportions that can slightly differ from one species to another. It is commonly utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industries as a stabilizer or an emulsifier owing to its biocompatibility, hydrophilicity, and antibacterial properties. In addition, GA can be manipulated as it possesses many functional groups that can be used in grafting, cross-linking, or chemical modifications to add a new feature to the developed material. In this review, we highlight recent GA-based formulations, including nanoparticles, hydrogels, nanofibers, membranes, or scaffolds, and their possible applications in tissue regeneration, cancer therapy, wound healing, biosensing, bioimaging, food packaging, and antimicrobial and antifouling membranes.

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filmsGum Arabichydrogelsmembranesnanofibersnanoparticlesscaffolds

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PMID39997853
PMCPMC11858195

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