Starch-coated polyethylene (PE) films were prepared by immersing PE in a hot, jet cooked solution of starch. They were allowed to react with acrylonitrile (AN) in the presence of ceric ammonium nitrate initiator, and the graft polymerization that occurred produced starch-g-polyacrylonitrile (PAN) coatings that contained about 25 wt % grafted PAN. The starch-g-PAN coatings tightly adhered to the...

The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) and gluten-related disorders has led to increasing consumer demand for gluten-free products with quality characteristics similar to wheat bread. The replacement of gluten in cereal-based products remains a challenge for scientists, due to its unique role in network formation, which entraps air bubbles. When gluten is removed from a flour, starch...

The form of drug administration affects the success treatment, since it can influence adherence patient to therapy. use orodispersible films has emerged as a way overcome some drawbacks conventional methods delivery, especially for patients experiencing difficulty in swallowing. These are prepared using matrix that incorporates and contains other substances confer properties system. present wor...

Two plant proteins, soyprotein and wheat gluten, and chicken feathers used to size cotton substrates provided sizing performance similar to starch and were also easily degraded in activated sludge. Sizing is an essential process to impart protection to warp yarns and increase weaving efficiency. Cotton yarns have traditionally been sized with starch, modified starch derivatives, CMC, poly vinyl...

Starch is a versatile food component with several industrial applications. Its chemically altered derivatives provide wide range of high-tech applications in the and non-food markets. Altered starches are intended to compensate for one or more native starches' drawbacks, such as decrease viscosity hardening ability during processing preservation, especially at low pH, syneresis, retrogradation ...

Enset (Ensete Ventricosum, Family Musaceae) is a plant indigenous to Ethiopia. It often called ‘false banana’ for its close resemblance banana plant. The one of the most important staple foods south and southwestern parts contains starch as major contents. Starch extracted from this has not been still investigated raw material biofilm. In study, biofilm was prepared using Enset. Further, water ...

Petrochemical-based plastics are widely used in modern society due to their high effective mechanical and barrier properties (Farris et al., 2009; Siracusa et al., 2008). However, petrochemical-based plastics have become an environmental concern as they are not biodegradable or recyclable. Replacing the petrochemical-based polymers with biopolymers which are renewable has become an attractive i...

STARCH GEL as a supporting medium for the electrophoretic separation of proteins, first used by Smithies (8), has found increased application in recent years (3, 4, 5, 10). However, certain difficulties have become evident in the use of this medium: The optimal resolution of protein components was found to depend on the careful selection of the degree and method of hydrolysis of the starch (5, ...

The use of petroleum-based plastics has raised environmental issues as more plastic waste enters and accumulates in the environment. It led to development biodegradable plastics. Starch is one potential materials make plastic, but starch-based poor mechanical strength. Blending starch with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) lignin expected improve properties plastic. Biodegradable films from PVA/starch/...