The present invention relates to a gelling agent comprising a saccharide having general formula (I), in which - Sacc is in
pyranose and / or
furanose form and represents a
monosaccharide or
polysaccharide containing up to 20 saccharide units of the L and / or D series, said
monosaccharide or
polysaccharide having at least one free hydroxyl function, - X1 + is Na + , Li + , K + , + NR 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 , and R 7 -NH3 + R may be the same or different and represent a cation selected from the group consisting of 3 , R 4 , R 5 , and R 6 is (C1~C 20 ) represents an
alkyl group, R 7 is (C1~C 20 )
alkyl group, optionally containing at least one unsaturation, said
alkyl group optionally containing at least one (C6-C 10 ) substituted with an
aryl group, - R 2 represents in particular H or methyl] and compounds having tautomeric forms thereof.
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