Back صمغ عربي Arabic Qummiarabik AZ آغ ساققیز AZB Гуміарабік BE Гума арабика Bulgarian Gom arabek BR Goma aràbiga Catalan Arabská guma Czech Gummi arabikum Danish Gummi arabicum German
Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, or meska, is a natural gum. It is made of hardened sap from two species of acacia tree; Senegalia (Acacia) senegal and Vachellia (Acacia) seyal. The gum is got from wild trees throughout the Sahel from Senegal to Somalia. In the past it has also been cultivated in Arabia and west Asia.[1]
Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. It was historically the source of the sugars arabinose and ribose, both of which were first discovered and isolated from it.