Species

Viscosimetric parameters

Molar mass distribution

Intrinsic viscosity Huggins’ extrapolation

(dL g−1)

Intrinsic viscosity Kraemer’s extrapolation (dL g−1)

Intrinsic viscosity (average values)

(dL g−1)

Huggins’ coefficient.

KH

Mw (g mol−1, ×107)

Mn (×106)

Mw/Mn

Guar gum

10.33

10.56

10.44

0.73

2.62

4.31

6.09

LBG

2.56

2.57

2.57

0.77

1.20

1.93

6.21

A. pavonina

4.13

4.16

4.14

0.43

1.45

2.14

6.75

C. pulcherrima

9.49

9.80

9.64

1.08

1.34

2.64

5.09

D. mollis

9.58

9.91

9.74

1.15

1.55

2.60

5.95

D. regia

5.37

5.42

5.40

0.86

0.64

0.68

9.38

P. glandulosa

10.68

11.29

10.98

1.10

3.07

0.59

5.17

S. parahyba

7.01

7.23

7.12

1.14

1.00

1.29

7.73

H. courbaril

7.84

7.82

7.83

0.23

0.09

0.19

4.58

M. sloanei

14.82

14.55

14.69

0.36

1.32

2.58

5.11

T. indica

3.63

3.78

3.71

1.10

0.12

0.23

5.27