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Starchy Crops Morphology, Extraction, Properties and Applications

Presents information on non-conventional starches and their raw materials

Marney Pascoli Cereda (Edited by), Olivier Francois Vilpoux (Edited by)

9780323900584, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 14 November 2022

440 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.86 kg

Starchy Crops Morphology, Extraction, Properties and Applications is the first volume of the "Underground Starchy Crops of South American Origin" book series. Organized in five volumes, this series brings information on the applied level of producing and using starch from a range of plants grown in tropical and subtropical areas that have South American origin.

This book presents the characteristics and properties of starches for raw materials grown in tropical climates. It allows comparing starches from 3 types of storage organs, roots, tubers and rhizomes, with different morphological structures and physiology. It contains the methodologies of extraction and analysis, describing the commercial process with the commercial equipment’s and its by-products and wastes. It also includes topics on fraud detection, nutritional aspects, and starch structure.

Edited by a team of experts with solid background on starch extraction research, the books are aimed at all those involved in research and development as well as quality control and legislation in the field of starch.

1. Introduction: importance of South American underground starchy crops

2. Origin, domestication, and evolution of underground starchy crops of South America

3. Global production and use of Starch

4. Morpho-anatomical aspects of starchy underground organs

5. Biosynthesis of starch in tuberous crop Plants

6. International legislations for the use of modified starches in food and standards for native starches

7. Laboratory methods for starch Extraction

8. Characterization of underground starchy crops as raw materials: carbohydrates, starch, mucilage, and phenolic compounds

9. Structure of starch, focusing on those from underground plant organs

10. Application properties of starches extracted from underground starchy crops of South American origin

11. Exploring the scientific interest for starch origin in South America from 2000 to 2020: Focus on non-destructive analytical methods

12. Specific methods for the analysis of starch from underground starchy crops

13. Specific analyses to differentiate commercial modified starches

14. Opportunities and challenges for underground starchy crops of South American origin

15. Food uses and nutritional applications of resistant starches

16. Adulteration involving starch and its evaluation methods

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]

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