Starch and Starch Complexes: Structure, Functional Properties and Food Applications
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Grain".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2025 | Viewed by 221
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbohydrate modification and functional regulation
Interests: modified starch and treatment method; structural design and functional regulation of novel resistant starch; human intestinal health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Starch is a kind of macromolecular carbohydrate which is formed through the glucoside bond from glucose molecules. It is widely used in food, papermaking, textiles, medicine, agriculture, and other fields. Due to the limited properties of common native starch, research has been focused on the exploitation of new starch resources and the new green modification technology of starch, improving the structure and functional properties. Moreover, starch can interact with other food components (protein, lipid, polyphenol, etc.) to form starch complexes, which will change the structural and functional properties of starch, especially the nutritional function. The precise design of starch structure to regulate its functional properties (enzyme resistance, prebiotic properties, etc.) has become a significant focal point. This Special Issue aims to focus on the following, but not limited to, topics:
(1) Development and application of new starch resources;
(2) Development of innovative green modification technologies of starch, such as physical, enzymatic, or double/triple modification;
(3) Construction, structure, and properties of new starch complexes;
(4) New characterization techniques for the structure and functional properties of starch and starch complexes;
(5) New food applications of starch and starch complexes.
Prof. Dr. Yizhe Yan
Dr. Jinwei Wang
Dr. Bin Niu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- starch
- starch complexes
- green modification technologies
- multi-scale structure
- functional properties
- characterization technologies
- food applications
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