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Abstract
The major carbohydrate of the legume seed is starch, which represents up to 45% of the total seed weight. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in understanding the relationship between starch structure and functionality. However, these studies have been mainly on cereal and tuber starches. The present status of knowledge on the composition, structure, functionality, digestibility, and chemical modification of legume starches is reviewed. In addition present concepts of granule structure, gelatinization, retrogradation, and rheology are also reviewed. Future research needs in the area of legume starch chemistry are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 2036604 DOI： 10.1139/y91-012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Physiol Pharmacol ISSN： 0008-4212 Impact factor: 2.273