STABILITY OF VEEGUM MUCUNA GUM EMULSIONS

The stability of veegum/mucuna slim blends was studied using veegum/so dium carboxymethyl cellulose emulsions as standard for comparison. An increase in the percentage of mucuna gum in the emulsion blends increa sed creaming while the reverse was true in those of the veegum/sodium carboxymethyl cellulose blends. However; emusions prepared with mucuna gum showed a lower coalescence rate than those prepared with veegum/m ucuna gum blends. Veegum/mucuna gum combinations of 2.7% w/v and 0.3% w/v resulted in the emulsion with the highest stability. Emulsions pre pared from veegum/mucuna gum blends were more stable than those prepar ed with mucuna gum alone as the emulgent.