Abstract Yam (Dioscorea spp.), known as an edible and medicinal tuber crop in China, has
been used historically for the treatment of diabetes, diarrhea, asthma, and other ailments in …

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 …

The current scenario of environmental pollution caused by non-biodegradable plastic and
depleting non-renewable resources has called upon the need for biodegradable bioplastic …

The objectives of this work were to develop biodegradable trays from cassava bagasse and
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) incorporated with clove (CEO) or oregano (OEO) essential oils, to …

Starches were isolated from cassava (Manihot esculenta) and potato (Solanum tuberosum)
tubers. They were further modified by acetylation. The physicochemical, functional and …

After defatting yam and cassava starches have amylose contents of 36.2 and 24.2%,
respectively. Suspensions of these starches in water were analysed, in an oscillatory …

The physicochemical properties of starches of six different root and tuber crop species
grown mainly in Sri Lanka showed significant differences among the tested crop species …

This reference provides in-depth coverage of the history and current status of the fuel
ethanol industry in the United States. It examines processing methods, scientific principles …

Yam tubers (Dioscorea alata) are a non-traditional starch source that could be used as food
ingredient. The stability of yam starch pastes (6/100g suspension) submitted to different pH …

This study was carried out in order to compare and establish the changes in
physicochemical properties of starch from four different cultivars of yam at various stages of …