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NOVEL POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM LESQUERELLA FENDLERI AND METHODS OF THEIR PRODUCTION
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Patent Number: 5567812
Docket Number: 43392
Serial Number: 8228316
Date Patented: 10/22/1996

Agency:

Agricultural Research Service
Issued:
October 22, 1996

Abstract:
Lesquerella Fendeleri is a desert shrub native to the American Southwest and a member of the Curciferae (cabbage, mustard) family. The invention relates to a method of extracting polysaccharide products from L. Fendeleri and to the polysaccharide products extracted from the seed meal of L. Fendeleri. Lesquerella gums and gels are unique in that they are extracted from oilseed or oilseed cake; thus utilizing the waste products of oil production and adding to the economic incentive of utilizing Lesquerella as a cash crop. According to the invention, high quality polysaccharide gums and gels can be tailored to select between degree of product recovered and viscosity enhancing properties of the polysaccharide product.

Inventors:
Thomas P. Abbott Robert Kleiman
USDA-ARS-MWA-NCAUR (Same address as first inventor)
Peoria, IL 61604
(309) 681-6533 / (309) 681-6524 (fax) Kenneth D. Carlson
(Same address as first inventor)

Industry Keywords:

crude protein, water soluble, centrifugation, filtration, rheological properties

 
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