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Improvement in the physical properties of poly(lactic acid)/thermoplastic starch blends using oligo(lactic acid)-grafted starch
General-purpose petroleum-derived plastic remains in the environment for long periods and has significant impacts on oceans and land. Biodegradable...
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Starch: Advances in Modifications, Technologies and Applications
Starch is one of the major components responsible for the structure of final food products. A recent report by Industrial Starch Marketpredicts the...
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Effect of Germination on Starch
Germination is known for breakdown/degradation of macromolecules like starch, where complex metabolic changes are involved, mainly due to the...
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Incorporation of aminated starch-polyphenol conjugates to improve corn starch film properties
Incorporation of aminated starch (AS)-polyphenol conjugates to improve corn starch (CS) film properties were explored. AS-polyphenols (gallic acid...
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Non-cereals Starch Resources
The aim of the chapter is to introduce different options, traditional and non-traditional starch resources as alternatives to cereals that are...
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Octenyl Succinic Anhydride Modification of Starch
Chemical modification such as succinylation involves the esterification of starch with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) to yield a product with...
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Sorbitol-plasticized jackfruit starch-based films: investigation of the effect of the starch and plasticizer concentration on the film properties
Jackfruit seeds have been explored as one interesting alternative starch source to be used in the production of sustainable bioplastics. In this...
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Starch: Current Production and Consumption Trends
Starch is a carbohydrate used in various industries such as food, paper, textiles, and pharmaceuticals due to its versatile properties and wide range...
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Cold Plasma Treatment of Starch
Cold plasma is the 4th state of matter that has been recognized as an emerging non-thermal food processing technology. In recent days, cold plasma...
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High Hydrostatic Pressure Treatment of Starch
Starch is a really singular and remarkable natural biopolymer, central to human diet. To the variety of granular morphology and properties due to its...
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Starch Nanomaterials for Adsorption and Encapsulation
Bioactive compounds exhibit beneficial effects in living organisms, however, their application in medicine and nutrition can be limited due to their...
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Physics of Starch System: Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Hydrothermally Modified Elephant Foot Yam Starch
Heat moisture treatment (HMT) was used to improve the functionalities of elephant foot yam starch (EFYS) by using selected heating techniques such as...
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Starch: Hierarchy, Types, General Features, and Applications
The use of starch as a natural polymer has generated a great deal of attention and is presently prevalent in many industrial applications. This is...
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Starch: Hierarchy, Types, General Features, and Applications
The use of starch as a natural polymer has generated a great deal of attention and is presently prevalent in many industrial applications. This is...
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Improvement of amylose–lipid complex and starch digestibility profiles of corn starch added with rice bran oil or linoleic acid using ultrasonic and microwave treatment
Different processing conditions can result in the creation of amylose–lipid complexes. This study investigated the effect of ultrasonication...
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Degradation and Environmental Impacts of Starch Nanomaterials
The current chapter aims to review the degradation standards, and biodegradability of starch-based nanomaterials (SNMts), as well as their...
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The Polymeric Carbohydrate – Starch – Extraction and Modifications
This chapter is divided into four sections: (i) a brief overview, (ii) extraction processes, (iii) modification processes of starch, and (iv) final...
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Structure, in vitro starch digestibility and physicochemical properties of starch isolated from germinated Bambara groundnut
This study investigated the effect of germination time (0, 24, 48 and 72 h) on the physicochemical characteristics, in vitro starch digestibility and...
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Effect of functional groups of plasticizers on starch plasticization
To investigate the impact of plasticizer functional groups on starch plasticization, three distinct plasticizers were selected in this study:...
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Resistant Starch
Resistant starches are a diverse group of starches of different botanical origins that have the property of passing through the digestive tract...