Research Article
Characterization, Functional Properties, and Resistant Starch of Freshwater Macrophytes
Table 1
Starch granule characteristics and size, based on commercial starch by Pomeranz [
19].
| Species | Part | Granules size (μm) | The shape of starch granule | Hilum |
| Small starch granule (3-8 μm) | C. esculenta | Corm | | Polygonal, irregular, and oval | Centric | E. dulcis | Corm | | Big elongated granule, small oval granule, and spherical with smooth surfaces | Centric | S. sagittifolia | Corm | | Round and oval with smooth surfaces | Centric and eccentric | T. bispinosa | Seed | | Elongated with smooth surfaces | Centric | T. angustifolia | Rhizome | | Round and oval with smooth surfaces | Centric | T. angustifolia | Pollen | | Polygonal, irregular, and oval | Centric | Medium-sized starch granule (10-25 μm) | N. nucifera | Seed | | Oval and ellipsoidal with a smooth surface | Centric | Large starch granule (15-100 μm) | N. nucifera | Rhizome | | Small oval granules, large longitudinal, rod-shaped granules | Centric and eccentric |
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Data are mean values of , and different superscripts (a>b>c>d>e) are significantly different (DMRT, ). |