Bio Polymers Pty. Ltd.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Alan Gordon Lane

Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke

Antony Bacic

Certain cultured plant cell gums, including those produced in suspension culture of plant cells of plants of the family Aizoaceae are described. Plant cell gums of plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum are specifically provided. Also described are the methods of using these cultured plant cell gums in the manufacture of food products, pharmaceuticals and veterinary products, cosmetics and other industrial products, such as paper, adhesive, ink, textiles, paint, ceramics, explosives, cleaning agents or detergents, products for firefighting, agricultural chemicals including pesticides and fungicides, for oil and gas production, and in photography, lithography, and other industries are described. Food, pharmaceutical, veterinary, industrial and cosmetic compositions containing certain cultured plant cell gums are also described. Plant cell gums can be employed as substitutes for plant exudate and extract gums and other known emulsifying, viscosifying and gelling agents.

Cultured plant cell gums for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial applications

Methods of using cultured plant cell gums in the paper, adhesive, oil and gas, ink, lithography, textile, paint, ceramics, cleaning detergent, cosmetics, photography, explosive, firefighting, agricultural, and other industries are described. Industrial and cosmetic compositions containing cultured plant cell gums are also described.

Industrial pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications for cultured plant

A method for the culturing of gum-secreting plant cells, recovery of the gum from the medium and use of the plant gum in food products is described. In particular, the plant gum product of cultured Pyrus, Prunus avium and Rosa cells can be used in food products as comprising complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins, for example, an emulsifying agent, an emulsion stabilizer, a thickening agent or a texture modifier.

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