Composition, Physicochemical Properties, and Uses of Acorn Starch

Table 1

Yield and chemical composition of acorn starch.

Genotype	Starch yield (%)	Amylose content (%)	Protein (%)	Moisture (%)	Ash (%)	Lipid (%)	Fiber (%)	Reference
Acorn (Quercus suber)	88.5	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	Correia et al. [19]
	86.9
Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (four varieties)	—	39	1.05	2.20	0.14	0.63	0.17	Boukhelkhal and Moulai-Mostefa [20]
		20.16	0.91	15.90	0.18	0.31	0.29
		21	0.01	10.2	0.10	0.23	0.01
		20	0.61	12.44	0.12	0.41	0.64
Quercus ilex	34.5	nd	0.92	10.17	2.66	0.51	nd	Zarroug et al. [21]
Quercus suber	nd	24.44	nd	7.22	0.13	nd	nd	Irinislimane and Belhaneche-Bensemra [22]
Quercus leucotrichophora	54.7	15.6	nd	15.5	1.41	2.64	nd	Soni et al. [23]
Quercus acutissima C.	nd	28.56	0.12	12.61	0.05	0.08	nd	Yoo et al. [24]
Quercus branti	nd	21.15	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	Molavi et al. [25]
Not specified	nd	nd	nd	13.40	nd	nd	nd	Deng et al. [26]
Not specified	nd	19	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	Chen et al. [27]
Quercus palustris Muenchh.	17.3	31.4.	6.7	37.9	nd	4.2	nd	Stevenson et al. [28]

Nd: not determined.