Relationship between the physicochemical properties of starches and the glycemic indices of some Jamaican yams (Dioscorea spp.)

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1372-1376

  Riley, Cliff K ^a   Bahado Singh, Perceval S ^a   Wheatley, Andrew O ^a   Ahmad, Mohammed H ^a   Asemota, Helen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Amylose; Dioscorea spp.; Glycemic index; Starch; Yam

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAMAICA; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YAM;

AMYLOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; DIOSCOREA; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PLANT ROOTS; STARCH;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA;

EID: 55949116704     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700461     Document Type: Article

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