Characteristics of Starch Extracted from the Stem of Pineapple Plant (Ananas comosus) - an Agro Waste from Pineapple Farms

Abstract The present study focused on the use of pineapple plant stem, which is an agro-waste, for the production of starch (11.08 % ± 0.77). Characters were studied using X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning elect...

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Main Authors: Radhakrishnapillai Rinju, Balakrishnan-Saraswathi Harikumaran-Thampi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2021-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132021000100504&tlng=en