Physicochemical, Microstructural, and Rheological Characterization of Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) Starch

Table 1

Physicochemical properties of starches from yellow and black tigernut cultivars.

Properties	Yellow	Black
Mean granular size (μm)	11.1±1.0	6.1±0.
Amylose (g/g)	19.1±0.	21.9±0.1
Swelling power (g/g)	11.3±0.	9.9±0.1
Water solubility index (%)	13.5±0.	11.6±0.
Water binding capacity (g/g)	186.9±1.	175.4±1.

Superscripts within the same column imply significant differences at p ≤ 0.05