Amylopectin phosphate, preparation

Amaranth starch has very small and very uniform granules, the majority being less than 1 micrometer in diameter. Starch isolated from two Amaranthus species was compared and found to contain approximately 90% amylopectin and 10% amylose.164 Those authors prepared distarch phosphates and found that A. hypochondriacus starch responded more to crosslinking, as evidenced by reduced swelling power at 85°C and an increased gelatinization temperature range than did A. cruentus starch. 

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