Starch is a major food supply for humanity. It is produced in seeds, rhizomes, roots and
tubers in the form of semi-crystalline granules with unique properties for each plant. Though …

Starch is the most widespread and abundant storage carbohydrate in plants. We depend
upon starch for our nutrition, exploit its unique properties in industry, and use it as a …

Starch is an important food product and a versatile biomaterial used world-wide for different
purposes in many industrial sectors including foods, health, textile, chemical and …

Much has been written over many decades about the structure and properties of starch. As
technology develops, the capacity to understand in more depth the structure of starch …

Starch represents one of the major agricultural products in the world and is used in a wide
range of food and non-food applications. It is the main component of rice grains, influencing …

Starch is a water-insoluble polymer of glucose synthesized as discrete granules inside the
stroma of plastids in plant cells. Starch reserves provide a source of carbohydrate for …

Recent research reveals that starch degradation in Arabidopsis leaves at night is
significantly different from the “textbook” version of this process. Although parts of the …

Starch is the most important component in potato tubers, whose structure and composition
play key roles in properties of potato storage, processing, and applications. This review …

The main objective of this work is to improve the physical properties of lyophilized calcium
(Ca)–alginate beads as a carrier material for the stabilization of encapsulated living cells …

Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in higher plants and of considerable importance for
the human diet and for numerous technical applications. In addition, starch can be …