Recently, health-conscious consumers have a tendency to avoid the use of modified starch
in their food products because of reluctance regarding food additives or chemical processes …

Written at a level comprehensible to non-experts, this handbook covers the current state of
encapsulation and controlled released technologies, presenting the fundamental processes …

Tablets are a complex drug delivery system consisting of the active pharmaceutical
ingredients and excipients. Tablet production involves a series of unit operations in which …

We report a systematic investigation on the structure–property relationships in glycerol‐
plasticized poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA)/cassava starch blends prepared via solution casting. In …

Tapioca starch is derived from the roots of cassava which is abundantly available in the
world. During a past few decades, many attempts have been made to modify tapioca starch …

Starch has emerged as a new attractive biopolymer for use in pharmaceutical applications,
owing to its distinctive physical, chemical and functional properties. This biopolymer has …

Importance of starches for diversified industries can never be neglected. This biopolymer
plays a vital role in food, nonfood and pharmaceutical industries. However, native starches …

Amilum berfungsi sebagai bahan penghancur karena granulnya mampu mengembang
apabila kontak dengan air dan amilosa merupakan komponen yang memiliki sifat sebagai …

Both native and modified starches, such as starch that is pregelatinized, extruded, acid-
converted, cross-linked, and substituted, are widely used in industry. This chapter describes …

Extraction, purification and synthesis of acetylated cassava starch was undertaken. The
degree of modification for the acetylated (modified) starch was calculated to be 0.03 …