Extraction and Characterization of Starch Fractions of Five Phenotypes Pachyrhizus tuberosus (Lam.) Spreng
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50453#.VD9zalfHRK0 Author(s) José Luis Ramírez Ascheri 1 , Luz Haydee Bravo Zamudio 2 , Carlos Wanderlei Piler Carvalho 1 , Arturo Melendez Arevalo 3 , Lais Martins Fontoura 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Rheology Laboratory, Embrapa Food Technology, Avenida das Américas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . 2 Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Brazilian University, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasilia, Brazil . 3 Graduate Program in Food Science and Technology, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil . ABSTRACT Pachyrhizus tuberosus is a native plant of short life cycle found in South America riverside, which provides easy starch extraction ...