Characterization, functional properties, and resistant starch of freshwater macrophytes

• Main Authors: Syed, Nurul Nur Farahin, Zakaria @ Ya, Muta Harah, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Christianus, Annie
• Format: Article
• Published: Hindawi Publishing 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96355/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijfs/2021/8825970/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Several aquatic macrophytes such as Colocasia esculenta, Eleocharis dulcis, Nelumbo nucifera, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Trapa bispinosa, and Typha angustifolia possessed carbohydrate mainly in their storage and reproductive parts. Starch morphology, total starch, and amylose content of these six fres...