Starch Modification with Molecular Transformation, Physicochemical Characteristics, and Industrial Usability: A
Ruidi He1, Songnan Li2, Gongqi Zhao1
1School of Food Engineering, Anhui Science and Technology University, 9 Donghua Road, Fengyang 233100, China.
Abstract:
Starch is a readily available and abundant source of biological raw materials and is widely used in the food, medical, and textile industries. However, native starch with insufficient functionality limits its utilization in the above applications; therefore, it is modified through various physical, chemical, enzymatic, genetic and multiple modifications. This review summarized the relationship between structural changes and functional properties of starch subjected to different modified methods, including hydrothermal treatment, microwave, pre-gelatinization, ball milling, ultrasonication, radiation, high hydrostatic pressure, supercritical CO2, oxidation, etherification, esterification, acid hydrolysis, enzymatic modification, genetic modification, and their combined modifications. A better understanding of these features has the potential to lead to starch-based products with targeted structures and optimized properties for specific applications.
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