Chemical Composition of Slippery Elm Tree Slime

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I was wondering what the chemical composition of the slime from the slippery elm tree (Ulmus rubra) is.
 
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Try this. It may raise as many questions as it answers...

http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/104/1/163.pdf