A recent study published in the journal Foods discusses the effects of starch structure on human health. Study: Effects of the Molecular Structure of Starch in Foods on Human Health. Image Credit: ...

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii displays a diurnal rhythm of starch content that peaks in the middle of the night phase if the algae are provided with acetate and CO₂ as a carbon source. We show that this ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Production contracts are frequently used by firms manufacturing starch to maintain the identity of varieties of corn that are high in amylose ...

All starch is composed of two molecules: amylose and amylopectin. Both comprise chains of glucose molecules, but while amylose is non-branching, amylopectin branches. Blue Circle: Schematic of typical ...

Foods high in amylose content and resistant starch (RS) offer great potential to improve human health and lower the risk of serious noninfectious diseases. Common wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) is a ...