A comparative study of some properties of cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) and cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta, Linn) starches

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Nwokocha, Louis M ^a   Aviara, Ndubisi A ^b   Senan, Chandra ^c   Williams, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^c GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cocoyam; Freeze thaw stability; Paste clarity; Pasting properties; Rheological properties; Starch

Indexed keywords

GELATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; THAWING; YIELD STRESS;

CASSAVA; COCOYAM; FREEZE-THAW STABILITY; PASTE CLARITY; PASTING PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

STARCH;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 62749135937     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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