. . . " gum or alginate gum, including both non-crosslinked and crosslinked alginate gums, where the crosslinked alginate gums may be crosslinked with di- or trivalent ions, polyols such as propylene glycol, or other crosslinking agents, Cyanamer??? polyacrylamides, Good-rite??? polyacrylic acid, starch graft copolymers, Aqua-Keeps??? acrylate polymer, ester crosslinked polyglucan, and the like, and comb" .