Starch from the Sago (Metroxylon sagu) palm tree - properties, prospects, and challenges as a new industrial source for food and other uses.

The common industrial starches are typically derived from cereals (corn, wheat, rice, sorghum), tubers (potato, sweet potato), roots (cassava), and legumes (mung bean, green pea). Sago (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) starch is perhaps the only example of commercial starch derived from another source, the s...

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Main Authors: Alias, Abd Karim, Pei, Adrina Lang Tie, Dos Mohamad, Abdul Manan, Islam Sarker, Md. Zaidul
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Wiley Interscience 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7386/1/Starch%20from%20the%20Sago%20%28Metroxylon%20sagu%29.pdf