Morphology, physical, chemical, and functional properties of starches from cereals, legumes, and tubers cultivated in Africa : a review

dc.contributor.authorEmmambux, Mohammad Naushad
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall)
dc.contributor.emailnaushad.emmambux@up.acen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-07T09:07:11Z
dc.date.available2014-11-07T09:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.description.abstractIn Africa a variety of indigenous cereals, legumes, and tubers are cultivated as starchy food crops. These include sorghum, millet species including pearl millet, finger millet, teff, and white and black fonio, and African rice as cereals; cowpea, Bambara groundnut, African yambean and West African locust bean as legumes; and Zulu round potato and the Livingstone potato as tubers. Many of these plants are considered as “lost crops of Africa.” This paper critically reviews the literature on the physical, chemical, and functionality of their starches. Information is essentially limited to the native starches of sorghum, some millets, and cowpea. Livingstone potato starch information is essentially absent. Notable characteristics of African starches include that teff and finger millet have compound starch granules. Some of the starches have unique properties which could be valuable. The very small granular size of teff and its functional properties can be exploited as a fat replacer. The high retrogradation of cowpea starch has potential in gluten-free pasta and noodles. Nonfood applications for the African starches should be considered in the growing mining and oil industries in Africa.en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-379Xen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.starch-journal.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationEmmambux, MN & Taylor, JRN 2013, 'Morphology, physical, chemical, and functional properties of starches from cereals, legumes, and tubers cultivated in Africa : a review', Starch-Stärke, vol. 65, no. 9-10, pp. 715-729.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0038-9056 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1521-379X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/star.201200263
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/42543
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-379X.en_US
dc.subjectGelatinisationen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous African starchesen_US
dc.subjectMicroscopyen_US
dc.subjectPastingen_US
dc.titleMorphology, physical, chemical, and functional properties of starches from cereals, legumes, and tubers cultivated in Africa : a reviewen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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