Figures & data
Table 1 Some physicochemical properties of selected gum samples
Table 2 Viscous synergism index values of mixed gum solutions (0.5% w/v) at constant shear rate and temperature (50 s−1 and 25°C)
Figure 1 Variation in apparent viscosity values of gum samples versus shear rate at constant temperature (25°C).
Table 3 Estimation of apparent viscosity of hydrocolloid solution using binary mixture model.a
Figure 2 Apparent viscosity values of selected gum samples at constant shear rate (50 s−1) and temperature (25°C).
Figure 3 Variation in consistency coefficient (a) and (c) and flow behavior index (b) and (d) of selected gums at constant temperature (25°C). (a) Consistency coefficient of sole gums, (b) flow behavior index of sole gums, (c) consistency coefficient of interactions, and (d) flow behavior index of interactions.
Table 4 Correlation matrix of physicochemical and rheological characteristics of hydrocolloids
Table 5 Results from the principal component analysis for the first six principal components
Table 6 Principal component factor loadings of hydrocolloid samples
Figure 4 Plot of the first two principal component loading vectors.
Figure 5 Plot of the first two principal component score vectors (a) and biplot representing both samples and rheological and physicochemical characteristics of hydrocolloids (b).
