Modified starch, also called starch derivatives, is prepared by physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch to change its properties...

Typical modified starches for technical applications are cationic starches, hydroxyethyl starch, carboxymethylated starches and thiolated starches. As an...

Cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, or corn starch (American English) is the starch derived from corn (maize) grain. The starch is obtained from the endosperm...

Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down of intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen...

Starch production is an isolation of starch from plant sources. It takes place in starch plants. Starch industry is a part of food processing which is...

Starch sodium octenyl succinate, E1450 in the E number scheme of food additives, is a modified starch. These are not absorbed intact by the gut, but are...

Starch analysis or starch grain analysis is a technique that is useful in archaeological research in determining plant taxa on a microscopic level. It...

stabilizer. This is an additive belonging to the family of modified starches. This is a starch that is treated with acetic anhydride and adipic acid anhydride...

Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods. Plant genomes...

Genetically modified crops are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering techniques. In most cases, the...