Measurement of amylose content in sweetpotato starch by near infrared analysis

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Ishiguro, Koji ^a   Yamakawa, Osamu ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylose; Near infrared analysis; Starch; Sweetpotato; Sweetpotato powder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041780103     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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