Isolation and Evaluation of Mucilage of Adansonia digitata Linn as a Suspending Agent

Table 2

Physicochemical screening of mucilage of Adansonia digitata.

Sr. no.	Evaluation properties	Observations
1	Colour	Light green
2	Odour	Characteristics
3	Taste	Mucilaginous
4	Nature	Crystalline
5	Solubility	Forms colloidal solution in water and insoluble in alcohol and chloroform
6	Total ash value	3.44%
7	Acid insoluble ash value	1.5%
8	Water soluble ash value	1.88%
11	Loss on drying	11.8%
13	Swelling index	3