Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

A recent study published in the journal Foods discusses the effects of starch structure on human health. Study: Effects of the Molecular Structure of Starch in Foods on Human Health. Image Credit: ...

All starch is composed of two molecules: amylose and amylopectin. Both comprise chains of glucose molecules, but while amylose is non-branching, amylopectin branches. Blue Circle: Schematic of typical ...

Can Baysal, Wenshu He, Margit Drapal, Gemma Villorbina, Vicente Medina, Teresa Capell, Gurdev S. Khush, Changfu Zhu, Paul D. Fraser, Paul Christou Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of ...