Starch extraction from tubers and roots has long been an essential process, playing a crucial
role in diverse industries ranging from alimentary to pharmacology. This review explores the …

Pyrexia itself is not a terminal condition. Basically, it occurs with mild to serious diseases
affecting alarge population of the world. Other than a high body temperature, pyrexia is …

Rice flour is becoming very attractive as raw material, but there is lack of information about
the influence of particle size on its functional properties and starch digestibility. This study …

Pumpkin flours were produced by hot-air oven drying or freeze-drying, with or without a pre-
treatment with metabisulfite. Freeze-dried pumpkin flour had deep orange color while …

In general, during the papermaking process or the production of cellulosic materials for food-
packaging applications, lignin and other amorphous components are usually removed via …

Ancestral Andean crop flours (ACF) from Ecuador such as camote (Ipomea Batatas), oca
(Oxalis tuberosa), achira (Canna indica), mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum), white arracacha …

Investigating non-conventional starch sources is essential because different chemical
compositions, granular sizes and shapes, and amylose and amylopectin ratios, reveal new …

Abstract Three Andean grains-amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), quinoa (Chenopodium
quinoa), canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaulle)-and two Andean roots starches-achira …

In this study, moisture, steam-temperature and time conditions were optimised in relation to
functional properties of cassava flour and starch. The optimal conditions for cassava flour …

Starches were isolated from rhizomes of Curcuma longa, Canna edulis and Canna indica
and bulbs of Lilium lancifolium, and showed a B-type X-ray diffraction pattern. Their …