Physicochemical changes in starch during the conversion of corn to tortilla in the traditional nixtamalization

Isela Rojas-Molina1, María G Nieves-Hernandez2, Elsa Gutierrez-Cortez3

  • 1Laboratorio de Química Medicinal, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas S/N, Querétaro, Qro., C.P. 76017, Mexico.

Food Chemistry
|December 8, 2023
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