Starches

Starch is one of the major polysaccharides employed as biopolymers by the food, textile and paper industries. Its wide range of applications has resulted in intense research of starch structure and technology. This book covers starchstructure, chemistry, and technology. After an overview of new trends in starch applications, modified starches and enzymes used on starch industry, the text presents recent advances in the study of starch structures.It also covers biodegradation of starch blends , starch nano-composites and polymer biodegradability. It provides up-to-date methods of starch characterization, including the use of atomic force microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance.

• ISBN: 978-1-4200-8023-0
• Editorial: CRC Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 10/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés