In vitro Digestibility of Raw Starches Extracted from five Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Species Grown in Jamaica

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-73

  Riley, Cliff K ^a   Wheatley, Andrew O ^a   Hassan, Ishmael ^a   Ahmad, Mohammed H ^a   Morrison, Errol Y St A ^a   Asemota, Helen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Dioscorea; Yam starches

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; EXTRACTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DIGESTIBILITY; RAW STARCHES;

STARCH;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA OPPOSITIFOLIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 1642332307     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.200300195     Document Type: Article

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