The worldwide industrial importance of galactomannans from plant seeds hardly needs to be emphasized. The traditional role of seed galactomannans in industries has been as viscosity builder and water behavior modifier in aqueous systems. The functions of a seed gum useful for its commercial utilization depends mainly on its physical properties rather than its chemical structure or biological properties. In more sophisticated applications, it is generally possible to improve the physical properties by suitable chemical modifications.As a part of our major research and development activities we have paid a great deal of attention to chemical modification and characterization of galactomannans especially Cassia tora and guar gum with a view to promote industrial utilization of galactomannan based products.
从植物种子中提取出来的半乳甘露聚糖其对全球工业的重要性不言而喻。种子半乳甘露聚糖在工业中通常是在液相体系中作为增稠剂以及水流变行为修饰剂（确实不知道怎么翻译。。）种子胶利于其商业应用主要是取决于其物理性能而不是其化学结构或是生物性能。在一些更复杂的应用中，一般可以通过对其进行适当的化学改性来提高其物理性能。为了促进以半乳甘露聚糖为基础的产品的工业利用，我们把大量关注半乳甘露聚糖尤其是决明子以及瓜尔胶的化学改性和表征作为主要研究以及拓展的一部分。
我抽风了。。water behavior modifier是什么意思啊？求指正~
