The Architecture, Nature, and Mystery of Starch Granules. Part 2
Kurt Villwock, James N. BeMiller
Abstract
Abstract A review with 259 references. Part 2 of a summarized history of investigations into the structures of starch granules is divided into seven sections: the molecules of starches, amylopectin models and starch crystallinity, the granule matrix, blocklet and fibrillar structures, location of amylose and amylopectin, granule models, summary of the architecture of starch granules.
Topics & Concepts
AmylopectinAmyloseStarchGranule (geology)CrystallinityPolymer scienceChemical engineeringChemistryPolysaccharidePolymer chemistryMaterials scienceComposite materialOrganic chemistryCrystallographyEngineeringFood composition and propertiesPolysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology