Bertolini A.C. (ed.) Starches: Characterization, Properties, and Applications

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. — 276 p.This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint.Contens:Trends in starch applications.
Andréa C. Bertolini.
Characterization of starch granules: An atomic force microscopy approach.
Renata Antoun Simão and Beatriz Rosana Cordenunsi.
Starch macromolecular structure.
Luis Arturo Bello-Perez, Sandra Leticia Rodriguez-Ambriz, Mirna Maria Sanchez-Rivera, and Edith Agama-Acevedo.
Solid-state NMR applied to starch evaluation.
Maria Inês Bruno Tavares.
Thermal transitions of starches.
Paul Colonna and Alain Buleon.
Chapter Starch-based plastics.
Rossana Mara da Silva Moreira Thiré.
Trends in microbial amylases.
Marcia Nitschke.
Modified starch: Chemistry and properties.
Kerry C. Huber and James N. BeMiller.
Starch-based nanocomposites.
Eliton S. Medeiros, Alain Dufresne, and William J. Orts.
Biodegradation of starch blends.
Derval dos Santos Rosa and Cristina das Graças Fassina Guedes.