Isolation and physicochemical characterisation of starch from cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) grown in Malawi

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1886-1896

  Mweta, Davies E ^a   Labuschagne, Maryke T ^a   Bonnet, Susanna ^a   Swarts, Jannie ^a   Saka, John D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cocoyam; Corn; Physicochemical properties; Starch

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; IODINE; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASSAVA; CHEMISTRY; COLOCASIA; FAT INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; MALAWI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLANT TUBER; PROTEIN INTAKE; STANDARD;

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; COLOCASIA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; IODINE; MALAWI; MANIHOT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT TUBERS; STARCH; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954415749     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4029     Document Type: Article

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