Variation in crystalline type with amylose content in maize starch granules: An X-ray powder diffraction study

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-284

  Cheetham, Norman W H ^a   Tao, Leping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amylose content; Average chain length; Degree of crystallinity; Maize starch granules; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032137340     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(98)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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