Comparison of Structural and Functional Properties of Starches from the Rhizome and Bulbil of Chinese Yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.)

Chinese yam is an important edible starch plant and widely cultivated in China. Its rhizome and bulbil are starch storage tissues below and above ground, respectively. In this paper, starches were isolated from the rhizome and bulbil of Chinese yam, and their structural and functional properties wer...

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Main Authors: Biao Zhang, Ke Guo, Lingshang Lin, Cunxu Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/2/427