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South American Grain Chenopods and Amaranths: A Comparative Morphology of Starch
Author(s) -
Cortella Alicia R.,
Pochettino María L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19900420703
Subject(s) - starch , morphology (biology) , botany , biology , chenopodium , food science , zoology , weed
South American cultivated species of Chenopodium and Amaranthus have been studied. Qualitative optical methods, scanning electron microscopy and quantitative analytical microscopy have been used. Statistical tests have been applied to the results. The comparative study of pseudocereals perisperm starch grain morphology provides important characters for their identification. As a result, starch would be an element of high value in the determination of material recovered from archaeological sites in different preservation conditions or used in food elaboration.