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 ...

Humble potatoes are a rich source not only of dietary carbohydrates for humans, but also of starches for numerous industrial applications. Scientists are learning how to alter the ratio of potatoes' ...

Achieving perfect fluffy rice is a science, not just luck. The key lies in understanding starch types, amylose and ...

A NUMBER of methods are available for the separation of the unbranched (amylose) and branched (amylopectin) components of starch. Of these methods, that of T. Schoch 1 has been generally useful but ...

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 ...