The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements
of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these …

Starch is the major carbohydrate in yam tubers and can amount up to 80% of the dry matter.
The starch quality determines the quality of food and industrial products made from yam …

Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion
people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy …

The effects of annealing, acid hydrolysis and citric acid modification on the physical and
functional properties of starches of four Nigerian yam cultivars were studied. Loose (0.3636 …

Tropical roots and tubers, grains, cereals, and fruits are crops that have served as staple
foods for millions of people throughout the hot and humid regions of the world for many …

Cactus is a plant that naturally grows in tropical and semi-tropical regions of the world. The
composition of this mucilage is believed to differ from species to species. Hence …

This study investigated the direct production of octenyl succinic anhydride modified starch
(OSA‐starch) by a non‐conventional mechanical activation (MA)‐assisted solid phase …

Complete dissolution is needed for the separation, characterization, or homogeneous
labeling of whole starch molecules. A method is presented to quantify the extent of starch …

The material and tablet formation properties of pregelatinized (thermally modified) forms of
four Dioscorea starches have been investigated. Dioscorea starches were pregelatinized …

Starches obtained from four Dioscorea species namely Dioscorea dumetorum (Bitter),
Dioscorea oppositifolia (Chinese), Dioscorea alata (Water), and Dioscorea rotundata (White) …