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Structure‐function relationships of starch components
Author(s) -
Vamadevan Varatharajan,
Bertoft Eric
Publication year - 2015
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.201400188
Subject(s) - starch , biopolymer , function (biology) , food science , chemistry , polymer science , chemical engineering , biochemical engineering , biology , engineering , organic chemistry , polymer , evolutionary biology
Starch continues to be an important renewable biopolymer in both the food and non‐food industries. Its properties, which vary depending on the plant source, stem directly from its structure. The recent substantial increase in knowledge of the molecular structure of starch components and the architecture of starch granules has contributed significantly to an enhanced understanding of the structural base of starch functionality. This résumé provides an overview of the present views of the starch structure‐function relationships with an emphasis on industrially important starch sources.