“…The galactose distribution at the backbone varies from one botanical source to another and this difference controls properties such as viscosity, solubility, thickening and the stability of solutions 5, 6. For this reason, galactomannans are used as rheology modifiers in food,7, 8 cosmetics,9 pharmaceutical products10 and more recently in biotechnology processes e.g., culturing plant tissue,11–14 among other applications. It can introduce gel properties to aqueous systems, where it is known to participate in synergistic interactions with other polysaccharides such as xanthan,15, 16 carragennan17 and agar 11.…”