Starch is the most important component in potato tubers, whose structure and composition
play key roles in properties of potato storage, processing, and applications. This review …

With a rapid increase in type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) throughout the world in recent
years, it has also become a major human health issue. Today, more than one third of the …

Potato is one of the most important starch crops in the world and is used as a staple food for
more than one billion people worldwide. Starch is the main storage compound in potato …

The use of starch in food systems in many instances relies on its thickening and gelling
capacity. When native starches fail to match process and/or product‐specific requirements …

The functional properties of starches from six sweet potato varieties containing various
starch components and structures were studied in an attempt to identify starch sources for …

Background Starch is biosynthesised by a complex of enzymes including various starch
synthases and starch branching and debranching enzymes, amongst others. The role of all …

Progress in understanding starch biosynthesis, and the isolation of many of the genes
involved in this process, has enabled the genetic modification of crops in a rational manner …

Starch is a predominant component of wheat grain. It plays an important role in appearance,
structure and quality of food products. Starch consists of two kinds of glucose polymers …

Starch plays a major role in determining the texture, stability, appearance, and nutritional
value of various food products. A comprehensive understanding of the chemical …

Modified potato starch with slower digestion may aid the development of new starch
derivatives with improved nutritional values, and strategies to increase nutritional fractions …