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Chicle. A chiclero bleeding a tree for chicle, Belize 1917. Chicle ( / ˈtʃɪkəl /) is a natural gum traditionally used in making chewing gum and other products. [1] It is collected from several species of Mesoamerican trees in the genus Manilkara, including M. zapota, M. chicle, M. staminodella, and M. bidentata. [2] [3]
chicle, gum that consists of the coagulated milky latex of the sapodilla tree (Manilkara zapota), a tropical American fruit tree principally from Yucatán and regions of Central America.Chicle is obtained as pinkish to reddish brown pieces and is said to contain both rubber and gutta-percha.Introduced as a substitute for rubber, chicle was imported to the United States in quantity as the ...
Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla (Spanish: [ˌ s a p o ˈ ð i ʝ a]), sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or soapapple, among other names,: 515 is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdominant plant species.
La palabra chicle es de origen náhuatl y proviene de la voz tzictli, mientras que en maya era llamada sicte. Debido a su sabor ligeramente dulce, el chicle fue utilizado como goma de mascar desde épocas prehispánicas. El chicle es un polímero gomoso que se obtiene de la savia del árbol. ¡Descubre el México Auténtico a través de nuestro ...
12 de jul. de 2009 · Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley By Jennifer P. Mathews Paperback, 160 pages University of Arizona Press List Price: $17.95 . Read An Excerpt.
27 de jun. de 2021 · When Thomas Adams formulated the first chewing gum in the US from chicle in the late 1860s, that is when the demand for this tropical forest product soared. The latter part of the 1800s saw many challenges to meeting the demand. Most of the trees from which chicle was extracted in Mexico were found in the Yucatán.
8 de jun. de 2023 · Desventajas del chicle. Riesgo de caries: Aunque los chicles sin azúcar suelen considerarse seguros para la salud bucodental, los que contienen azúcar pueden contribuir a la aparición de caries. El azúcar del chicle es una fuente de alimento para las bacterias de la boca, que producen ácidos que erosionan el esmalte dental y provocan caries.
