Guar gum and its composites as potential materials for diverse applications: A review

G Sharma, S Sharma, A Kumar, H Ala'a… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring polymers are currently of prime importance among which
polysaccharides occupies superior position due to their easy availability, eco-friendly and …

Guar gum as a promising starting material for diverse applications: A review

N Thombare, U Jha, S Mishra, MZ Siddiqui - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Guar gum is the powdered endosperm of the seeds of the Cyamopsis tetragonolobus which
is a leguminous crop. The endosperm contains a complex polysaccharide called …

Design and development of guar gum based novel, superabsorbent and moisture retaining hydrogels for agricultural applications

N Thombare, S Mishra, MZ Siddiqui, U Jha… - Carbohydrate …, 2018 - Elsevier
The novel hydrogels were synthesized by grafting guar gum with acrylic acid and cross-
linking with ethylene glycol di methacrylic acid (EGDMA). The synthesis of hydrogel was …

Are nano-pesticides really meant for cleaner production? An overview on recent developments, benefits, environmental hazards and future prospectives

N Rani, A Duhan, A Pal, P Kumari, RK Beniwal… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The world is seeking hard for sustainable agricultural practices with one of the prime
objectives to improve crop yield through effective pest management. Scientific diaspora has …

Guar gum-based hydrogels as potent green polymers for enhanced oil recovery in high-salinity reservoirs

SM Elsaeed, EG Zaki, WAE Omar, A Ashraf Soliman… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Improving oil production for high-salinity reservoirs using polymer flooding is challenging
due to chemical and mechanical degradations. This study developed two biodegradable …

Corrosion inhibition of mild steel in acidic medium by polyacrylamide grafted Guar gum with various grafting percentage: Effect of intramolecular synergism

P Roy, P Karfa, U Adhikari, D Sukul - Corrosion Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Polyacrylamide grafted guar gum (GG-g-PAM) with various grafting levels has been tested
as potential green inhibitor against corrosion of mild steel in 1 M HCl. Upto 86% grafting …

Prospective of guar gum and its derivatives as controlled drug delivery systems

M Prabaharan - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2011 - Elsevier
Guar gum is a non-ionic polysaccharide that is found abundantly in nature and has many
properties desirable for drug delivery applications. However, due to its high swelling …

Synthesis and characterization of carboxymethyl guar gum and rheological properties of its solutions

H Gong, M Liu, J Chen, F Han, C Gao, B Zhang - Carbohydrate polymers, 2012 - Elsevier
Carboxymethyl guar gum was synthesized with a simple dry and multi-step method for the
first time as a product of the reaction of guar gum and monochloroacetic acid in the presence …

Borax cross-linked guar gum hydrogels as potential adsorbents for water purification

N Thombare, U Jha, S Mishra, MZ Siddiqui - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
With the aim to explore new adsorbents for water purification, guar gum based hydrogels
were synthesized by cross-linking with borax at different percentage. The cross-linking was …

Chemical modification of xanthan gum through graft copolymerization: Tailored properties and potential applications in drug delivery and wastewater treatment

B Maji, S Maiti - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Xanthan gum (XG) possesses numerous hydroxyl groups, which are the focal points for graft
copolymerization of synthetic monomers. A detailed mechanism of graft copolymerization is …