Glycemic index - A review and implications for the potato industry

American Journal of Potato Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-190

  Lynch, D R ^a   Liu, Q ^b   Tarn, T R ^b   Bizimungu, B ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Harris, P ^a   Chik, C L ^c   Skjodt, N M ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; Amylose; Cultivar; Diabetes; Glycemic load; Processing; Retrogradation; Starch

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 34447277632     PISSN: 1099209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987141     Document Type: Review

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