Characterization, Functional Properties, and Resistant Starch of Freshwater Macrophytes

Table 4

Degree of crystallinity and X-ray pattern of native starch extracted from aquatic macrophytes.

Species/part	X-ray pattern	Relative crystallinity (%)	Different peak intensity at 2θ value (%)
			5°	15°	17°	18°	20°	22°	23°	24°
C. esculenta corm	A	36.91	—	31.35	29.10	31.77	—	—	21.16	—
E. dulcis corm	A	21.34	—	29.05	36.50	28.87	—	—	32.82	—
S. sagittifolia corm	A	21.28	—	27.37	30.15	22.83	—	—	18.66	—
T. bispinosa seed	CA	35.59	—	34.86	57.16	47.52	24.73	—	33.72	—
T. angustifolia rhizome	CB	15.56	—	3.07	3.96	—	15.80	—	—	2.77
T. angustifolia pollen	CB	15.27	1.99	3.05	—	—	—	—	—	—
N. nucifera seed	A	29.20	—	27.29	36.97	21.95	—	—	20.18	—
N. nucifera rhizome	CB	24.20	5.96	16.71	34.16	—	—	—	18.24	—