Starch Structure Influences Its Digestibility: A Review

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2016-2023

  Magallanes Cruz, Perla A ^a   Flores Silva, Pamela C ^a   Bello Perez, Luis A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

functional foods; hydrothermal treatments; resistant starch; slowly digestible starch; starch; structure

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; STARCH;

EID: 85026376910     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13809     Document Type: Review

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