title: Rheological properties of mixtures of kappa-carrageenan from Hypnea musciformis and galactomannan from Cassia javanica.
abstract: Mixed gels of kappa-carrageenan (kappa-car) from Hypnea musciformis and galactomannans (Gal) from Cassia javanica (CJ) and locust bean gum (LBG) were compared using dynamic viscoelastic measurements and compression tests. Mixed gels at 5 g/l of total polymer concentration in 0.1 M KCl showed a synergistic maximum in viscoelastic measurements for kappa-car/CJ and kappa-car/LBG at 2:1 and 4:1 ratios, respectively. The synergistic maximum obtained from compression tests carried out for mixed gels at 10 g/l of total polymer concentration in 0.25 M KCl was the same for both kappa-car/CJ and kappa-car/LBG gels. An enhancement in the storage modulus (G') and the loss modulus (G") was observed in the mechanical spectra for the mixtures in relation to kappa-car. The proportionally higher increase in G" compared with G', as indicated by the values of the loss tangent (tandelta), suggests that the Gal adhere non-specifically to the kappa-car network.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Macromoléculas Professora Eloisa Mano, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P.O. Box 68525, 21945-970, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ctandrade@ima.ufrj.br
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Azero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luciano
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D002351:Carrageenan / Q000737:chemistry*; D002366:Cassia / Q000737:chemistry*; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008351:Mannans / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012212:Rheology
chemical_list: D008351:Mannans; D010936:Plant Extracts; C012990:galactomannan; D002351:Carrageenan; D005690:Galactose