In subject area: Nursing and Health Professions Potato starch refers to the extracted starch from the tubers of the Solanum tuberosum plant. It is primarily produced in Europe and is obtained through the isolation and purification of starch from potatoes. Potato starch is commonly used as a thick...
Potato processing and starch production are confined to climates where late crop potatoes can be stored through the winter. The composition of the potato is influenced by the variety, area of growth, cultural practices, maturity at harvest, subsequent storage history, and other factors. Potato ...
2. Any of various substances, such as natural starch, used to stiffen cloth, as in laundering. 3. starches Foods having a high content of starch, as rice, breads, and potatoes. 4. a. Stiff behavior: "Dobbs, the butler ... isn't as stiff as he used to be; Ann, my brother's...
Potatoes are one of the richest sources of starch, vitamins, minerals and other nutrition and many people like to eat them in a variety of forms. Recent studies suggest that potatoes can help prevent cancer and protect one's heart. However, in spite of having all these health beneficial feat...
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to starch: glycogenstarch (stärch) n. 1. A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, ...
starch: A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice, and varying widely in appe
fingerling potatoesOrganic fingerling potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). Starch is manufactured in the green leaves of plants from excess glucose produced duringphotosynthesisand serves theplantas a reserve food supply. Starch is stored inchloroplastsin the form of granules and in such storage organs as the...
The leakage was higher in cortex than in pith tissue and in stored than in fresh potatoes, and it increased during boiling up to ~6 mg/g. Light microscope observations revealed that upon immersion of separated, boiled, dried and rehydrated cells (BDC) in water at room temperature or in ...
Potential errors involved in the methods are discussed and the techniques were applied to carbohydrate analysis in plant tissues and pollen. 展开 关键词: Potatoes -- Arizona Potatoes -- Analysis text Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic 年份: 1986 ...
Retrogradation of starch is often considered as undesirable process because it is directly related to bread staling [41], whereas this process is desirable in producing breakfast cereals, dehydrated mashed potatoes, parboiled rice and Chinese rice vermicelli due to alteration in mechanical, structural ...