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A quick field method for the estimation of starch in banana pseudostem
Author(s) -
Jain N. L.,
Lal Girdhari,
Subrahmanyan V.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740070112
Subject(s) - starch , sodium hydroxide , aqueous solution , chemistry , chromatography , volume (thermodynamics) , mathematics , food science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics
A simple and quick method has been standardized for the determination of starch in banana pseudostem. The material is treated with aqueous sodium hydroxide in the cold to dissolve the starch, and the time of flow of a definite volume of the resultant solution through a capillary is determined and the starch content calculated by reference to a standard curve.