Starch is the main form in which plants store carbohydrate, and is of importance in the carbon economy of many organs, tissues and cell types in the plant. It is simple to discover whether or not ...

The latest short science news items from C&EN. The new technique, which relies on chemical catalysts and a curated combination of natural and engineered enzymes, converts CO 2 to starch 8.5 times as ...

If you’ve ever grated a pound of potatoes—say, for latkes—and soaked them in water until you’re ready to fry, you may have noticed some white, powdery stuff sinking to the bottom of the bowl. That, my ...

Boston, MA April 25, 2013 - Research recently presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology conference in Boston, MA shows that resistant starch content of potatoes is ...

Starch is only produced by plants and algae. Now, it can also be produced by yeast - or, at any rate, by the yeasts in labs, report scientists. The researchers have succeeded in implanting yeast with ...

Not all starchy foods are created equal. Foods like potatoes and slightly unripe bananas contain resistant starches, which have a number of health benefits with no known harmful side effects.