Effect of sectioning and water on resin-embedded sections of corn starch granules to analyze inner structure

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1138-1149

  Tsukamoto, Kazumi ^a   Ohtani, Toshio ^a   Sugiyama, Shigeru ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; Corn starch; Inner structure; Resin embedded sections; Water effect

Indexed keywords

AFM; CORN STARCH; INNER STRUCTURE; RESIN-EMBEDDED SECTIONS; WATER EFFECTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRANULATION; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STARCH;

ZEA MAYS;

STARCH; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MAIZE; MICRODISSECTION; PLANT SEED; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICRODISSECTION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SEEDS; STARCH; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861594610     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.03.087     Document Type: Article

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