Yam is a significant and highly prized starchy crop in West and Central Africa, but largely
underutilized industrially. Functional and physicochemical properties of starches extracted …

An Erratum has been published for this article in Journal Of the Science of Food and
Agriculture 85 (5), 889 (2005). Native starches were extracted from 21 cultivars of four yam …

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 …

Water yam starch was isolated and subjected to chemical modification by acetylation,
oxidation and acid thinning. Chemical composition, functional properties and pasting …

Yam starch of the species Dioscorea alata and D. cayenensis‐rotundata was isolated,
characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X‐ray diffraction, iodine titration …

The tropical tuber crops contain starch as the major component and thus act as important
source of starch. Except cassava and to a smaller extent sweet potato, starch from other …

Starches from eight Dioscorea alata cultivars grown in Jamaica were isolated and
characterized. The starches were found to possess the open hydrated hexagonal crystalline …

Yams are not among the most common sources of industrial starch, which are mostly
imported at a cost. Exploiting alternative sources of starch would lessen the burden of its …

Yam starch from Dioscorea cayenensis‐rotundata complex was isolated and characterized
by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), particle size analysis, X‐ray diffraction, differential …

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 …