Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

A NUMBER of methods are available for the separation of the unbranched (amylose) and branched (amylopectin) components of starch. Of these methods, that of T. Schoch 1 has been generally useful but ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phosphorolysis rather than phosphorylation of amylolysis products was found to be the major pathway of sugar phosphate formation from ...

Retrogradation is a process in which food starches, after cooking and cooling, crystallize to become resistant to digestion. The conversion reduces the digestible calories and increases health ...

Humble potatoes are a rich source not only of dietary carbohydrates for humans, but also of starches for numerous industrial applications. Scientists are learning how to alter the ratio of potatoes' ...

Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in plants and one of the most important plant raw materials for both food and industrial applications. Approximately 70% of the European and US starch ...

A recent study published in the journal Foods discusses the effects of starch structure on human health. Study: Effects of the Molecular Structure of Starch in Foods on Human Health. Image Credit: ...

Amylase is a general term for enzymes that hydrolyze starch and glycogen with the specificity of enzyme preparation. Its main mechanism of action is to hydrolyze starch into maltose, glucose, dextrin, ...