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Porous Starch and Its Applications

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Porous starches are important modified starches and are now attracting considerable attention due to their great adsorption ability. These starches contain abundant pores from the surface to the center of the granules, which increase the specific surface area, and are excellent natural absorbents. There is a growing interest in exploiting their properties in various food and non-food areas. In this chapter, the preparation, structure, properties, mechanism, and application of porous starches are discussed.

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Liu, L., Shen, W., Zhang, W., Li, F., Zhu, Z. (2018). Porous Starch and Its Applications. In: Jin, Z. (eds) Functional Starch and Applications in Food. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1077-5_4

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