Amylopectin is a highly branched, organized cluster of glucose polymers, and the major component of rice starch. Synthesis of amylopectin requires fine co-ordination between elongation of glucose ...

Rice is one of the most important staple crops and an excellent starch-provider. Resistant starch (RS) has shown beneficial effects on diabetes, weight management and inflammatory bowel disease. Most ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

A NUMBER of methods are available for the separation of the unbranched (amylose) and branched (amylopectin) components of starch. Of these methods, that of T. Schoch 1 has been generally useful but ...

On this week's What's Inside, let's get nostalgic for Play-Doh! Learn the magic formula inside that classic yellow tub. Hint: There’s more to it than flour and water. ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Hard to Read’: ...

Retrogradation is a process in which food starches, after cooking and cooling, crystallize to become resistant to digestion. The conversion reduces the digestible calories and increases health ...

Josephine Craig, James R. Lloyd, Kim Tomlinson, Lorraine Barber, Anne Edwards, Trevor L. Wang, Cathie Martin, Cliff L. Hedley and Alison M. Smith The Plant Cell is in its 19th year of publication.