Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2014 Jul;13(4):597-610.
doi: 10.1111/1541-4337.12070.

Structure, Physicochemical Properties, Modifications, and Uses of Sorghum Starch

Fan Zhu  1
Affiliations

Structure, Physicochemical Properties, Modifications, and Uses of Sorghum Starch

Fan Zhu. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Sorghum has great drought resistance and can be cultivated on marginal lands with minimal input costs. Thus, the supply of sorghum starch, the major component of the seeds, can be cheap and sustainable. This review summarizes the present knowledge of extraction, composition, granular and molecular structures, physicochemical properties, modifications, and uses of sorghum starch, and provides suggestions for needed research to improve our understanding and utilization of this starch.

Keywords: modification; properties; sorghum starch; structure; use.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Abd Allah MA, Foda YH, Mahmoud RM, Abou Arab AA. 1987a. X-ray diffraction of starches isolated from yellow corn, sorghum, sordan and pearl millet. Starch 39:40-2.
    1. Abd Allah MA, Mahmoud RM, Elkalyoubi MH, Abou Arab AA. 1987b. Physical properties of starches isolated from yellow corn, sorghum, sordan and pearl millet. Starch 39:9-12.
    1. Aboubacar A, Hamaker BR. 2000. Low molecular weight soluble starch and its relationship with sorghum couscous stickiness. J Cereal Sci 31:119-26.
    1. Adebiyi AO, Oladipo IC, Ayandele AA, Adebiyi AP, Adelowo OO. 2008. Biological studies on albino rats fed with Sorghum bicolor starch hydrolyzed with α-amylase from Rhizopus sp. Afr J Biotechnol 7:1999-2005.
    1. Adebowale KO, Olu-Owolabi BI, Olayinka OO, Lawal OS. 2005. Effect of heat moisture treatment and annealing on physicochemical properties of red sorghum starch. Afr J Biotechnol 4:928-33.

LinkOut - more resources