High-amylose maize refers to a special type of maize cultivar with a 50%–90% amylose
content of the total starch. High-amylose maize starch (HAMS) is of interest because it …

Background Electrospinning is a simple, versatile method that employs an electrostatic force
to produce fibers in the micro-to nanometer range using a wide variety of materials ranging …

Food packaging is a multidisciplinary area that encompasses food science and engineering,
microbiology, as well as chemistry, and ignited tremendous interest in maintaining the …

Abstract The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered great global public …

The food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand
for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials …

Natural starch is an agricultural sourced biopolymer being low cost, biodegradable, high
efficiently, renewable and easy available. Despite these advantages, phisochemical …

Bioactive food compounds, such as lycopene, curcumin, phytosterols, and resveratrol, have
received great attention due to their potential health benefits. However, these bioactive …

Background Electrospinning is an approach relying on the processing of (bio) polymeric
solutions/melts over high electrical voltages to generate fibrous micro/nano-structures of …

The role of amylose content in electrospinning starch nanofibres is well understood, but that
is not the case for the roles of the molecular structures of amylose and amylopectin. Here …

Starches from alternative sources, such as avocado seed, have potential for application in
the encapsulation of essential oils. This study aimed to extract starch from avocado seeds …