Physicochemical characterization of starches from Jamaican yams (Dioscorea SPP.): Potential for pharmaceutical exploitations

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Riley, Cliff K ^a   Wheatley, Andrew O ^b   Asemota, Helen N ^b  

^a Biotechnology Centre   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Amylose; Crystallinity; Dioscorea; Starch; Yam

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751207708     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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