黄原胶是由黄单胞菌属产生的胞外多糖,是由一系列五糖重复单元链接形成的高分子杂多糖聚合物。黄原胶及其衍生物以其优异的稳定性、增稠性、乳化性、悬浮性、流变性、耐酸碱性、耐温性,耐盐性等性能,广泛应用于日用化学品、食品、医药、水处理、石油开采等多个行业领域。本文介绍了黄原胶的结构、性质、生产方法和改性技术,以及黄原胶寡糖的性质、制备和分离纯化方法,并概述了黄原胶及其改性产物的应用情况,提及了当前黄原胶生产中的问题及今后的发展前景。
Xanthan gum is a kind of extracellular polysaccharides produced by xanthomonas. It is a heteropolysaccharide polymer with high molecular weight formed by a series of five-sugar residues repeating units. Xanthan gum and its derivatives are widely used in various industries such as daily-use chemical industry, food processing industry, pharmaceutical industry, water treatment, and oil exploitation, due to their excellent stability, thickening ability, emulsifying ability, suspensibility, rheological property, acid resistance, base resistance, heat resistance, salt resistance, and other fit properties. In this paper, the chemical structure, the main physicochemical properties, the production methods, and the modification technologies of xanthan gum, as well as the properties, the preparation, separation and purification methods of xanthan gum oligosaccharides are briefly presented. Furthermore, the application status of xanthan gum and its modified products, the current problems in xanthan gum production, and the future prospects for the development of xanthan gum are also mentioned in this paper.
