High-amylose maize starch: Structure, properties, modifications and industrial applications

M Obadi, Y Qi, B Xu - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
High-amylose maize refers to a special type of maize cultivar with a 50%–90% amylose
content of the total starch. High-amylose maize starch (HAMS) is of interest because it …

Mechanisms of starch digestion by α-amylase—Structural basis for kinetic properties

S Dhital, FJ Warren, PJ Butterworth… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recent studies of the mechanisms determining the rate and extent of starch digestion by α-
amylase are reviewed in the light of current widely-used classifications for (a) the …

Amylopectin structure and crystallinity explains variation in digestion kinetics of starches across botanic sources in an in vitro pig model

BMJ Martens, WJJ Gerrits, EMAM Bruininx… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Springer
Background Starch is the main source of energy in commonly used pig diets. Besides effects
related to the extent of starch digestion, also several effects related to variation in digestion …

QUOKKA, the pinhole small-angle neutron scattering instrument at the OPAL Research Reactor, Australia: design, performance, operation and scientific highlights

K Wood, JP Mata, CJ Garvey, CM Wu… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
QUOKKA is a 40 m pinhole small-angle neutron scattering instrument in routine user
operation at the OPAL research reactor at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology …

High-amylose wheat starch: Structural basis for water absorption and pasting properties

C Li, S Dhital, RG Gilbert, MJ Gidley - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
High-amylose wheat starch (HAWS) and flour (HAWF) have the potential to deliver food
products with enhanced nutritional functionality, but structure/function relationships are not …

The digestion mechanism of jackfruit seed starch using improved extrusion cooking technology

Y Zhang, H Zuo, F Xu, K Zhu, L Tan, W Dong, G Wu - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the digestion mechanisms of EJFSS, the structural characteristics of slowly
digestible starch (SDS) and resistant starch (RS) fractions isolated from native and extruded …

Resistant starch, microbiome, and precision modulation

PA Dobranowski, A Stintzi - Gut Microbes, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Resistant starch, microbiome, and precision modulation. Mounting evidence has positioned
the gut microbiome as a nexus of health. Modulating its phylogenetic composition and …

Synergistic and antagonistic effects of α-amylase and amyloglucosidase on starch digestion

B Zhang, S Dhital, MJ Gidley - Biomacromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
The influence of biomacromolecular physical structure on the kinetics of degradation with
exo-acting or a mixture of endo-and exo-acting enzymes was studied using three physical …

[HTML][HTML] A novel approach for resistant starch production from green banana flour using amylopullulanase

M Das, N Rajan, P Biswas, R Banerjee - Lwt, 2022 - Elsevier
The present article emphasizes on improving the intrinsic content of resistant starch% in
green banana flour through enzymatic intervention. The enzyme amylopullulanase has …

Hierarchical structure and slowly digestible features of rice starch following microwave cooking with storage

N Li, Z Cai, Y Guo, T Xu, D Qiao, B Zhang, S Zhao… - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
By inspecting starch hierarchical structural evolutions, this work explores how microwave
cooking with storage tailors the slowly digestible features of indica (IRS) and waxy (WRS) …