释义 |
carbohydrate gum carbohydrate gum[‚kär·bō′hī‚drāt ′gəm] (organic chemistry) A polysaccharide which produces a gel of a viscous solution when it is dispersed in water at low concentrations; examples are agar, guar gum, xanthan gum, gum arabic, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. |