The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) and gluten-related disorders has led to
increasing consumer demand for gluten-free products with quality characteristics similar to …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

Starch is a polymer widely distributed in the nature and it is the principal component of
cereals, tubers, legumes, and unripe fruits. Traditionally, starch has been isolated and used …

Powdered preparations enriched in resistant starch (RS) were obtained from native and
lintnerized (prolonged acid treatment) banana starches by consecutive autoclaving/cooling …

The Andes is considered the longest continental mountain range in the world. It covers 7000
km long and about 200–700 km wide and an average height of about 4000 m. Very unique …

Cross-linked starches have increased their importance due to their applications such as
adsorbents of heavy metals. In this work the effect the reagent used in the chemical …

Oca (Oxalis tuberosa) represents a novel source of starch. Starches from the tubers of two
commercial oca varieties were studied for various physicochemical properties. One normal …

Starch was isolated from three Andean-native crops—arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza),
oca (Oxalis tuberosa), and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)—for use as a raw material for the …

The physical, chemical, and functional properties of starches isolated from the Andean
tubers oca (Oxalis tuberosa M.), olluco (Ullucus tuberosus C.) and mashua (Tropaeolum …

The pinhão seeds (Araucaria angustifolia), are composed of 34% of starch and very low
fractions of protein, lipids and phenolic compounds. This composition is favorable to obtain a …