Abstract: Okra is an associate of the mallow family which is related to cotton, hibiscus and hollyhock and it was extracted from the pods of hibiscus esculents using acetone as a solvent. The solution of okra gum in water has the highest viscosity among all the natural polysaccharide exposed till date. The extracted okra gum was further modified to okra phosphate which was further converted to hydroxyl propyl okra phosphate by using 3- chloro propionic acid. Reaction parameters such as reaction temperature, reaction time, volume of sodium hydroxide and amount of 3-Chloropropionic acid were optimized. Physical and chemical characteristics such as solubility, pH, moisture content and viscosity were observed for okra phosphate and hydroxylpropyl okra phosphate. Further extracted okra phosphate and of hydroxy propyl okra phosphate were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Keywords: Okra gum, Di-sodium hydrogen ortho phosphate, Acetone, 3-chloropropionic acid, Okra phosphate.
Title: Synthesis Characterization and Optimization Study of Okra Gum Derivatives
Author: Savankumar H. Patel, Yogesh M. Baj, Nirmal K. Patel
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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