Amylose and Amylopectin content of isolated starch from legumes, cocoyam, sweet potato and green plantain Department:Biochemistry By: PRINDYTECHNIE Project ID: 8883 Rating: (3.3) votes: 6 Price:₦4000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe quality of starch consumed by humans has become relevant in the indices and causes of common chronic diseases. One of such starch qualities is the amylose and amylopectin ratio. The starches of staple foods including black-eyed beans, bambara groundnut, African yam beans, cocoyam, sweet potato and green plantain, were isolated and assessed for amylose and amylopectin content based on the iodine-binding assay method. The results show the amylose contents of black-eyed beans 30%, bambara groundnut 46%, African yam beans 11%, cocoyam 7%, sweet potato, 43% and green plantain 49%. These estimates are consistent when the wavelength scans of all the starch-iodine binding reactions were compared. Since increased amylose content slows down the digestion of starch, the results indicate that bambara groundnut, green plantain and sweet potato with higher amylose: amylopectin ratios can better be used to manage high blood sugar levels in diabetic patients....Preview Download Preview +Other Biochemistry project topics and materials you might be interested in»Phytochemical and nutritive composition of fluted pumpkin»Determination of ascorbic acid in selected fruits mango, orange and pineapple using spectro-photometric method»Comparative evaluation of heavy metal loads in some selected soft drinks in Owerri, Imo state»Antilipidemic effect of water (H2O) extract of desmodium velutinum leaves on albino Wistar rats»Preliminary investigation on effects of burantashi extract on lipoproteins of albino male and female whistar rats»The effect of water extract of cola nitida pod on lipoprotein concentrations of albino Wistar rats»Nutritive value, anti-nutrient and mineral composition of cashew nut (Anacardium Occidentale)»The extraction of manganese (iv) ion from aqueous media using 1-phethyl-3-methyl pyrazolone-5»Evaluation of the immunomodulatory effect of oral administration of the methanol extract of gongronema latifolium (utazi) in wistar albino rats»Comparative study on the free radical scavenging potential of turmeric and beetroot»Phytochemicals and minerals analysis of rosary pea (Abrus Precatorious leaves)»Determination of total petroleum hydrocarbons in Niger river»Qualitative phytochemical and gas chromatography mass spectrometry GCMS of Nhexane extracted leaves of sabicea calycina»Charges in the concentration of nitric oxide in the serum gills brain liver and kidney of clarias gariepinus exposed to glyphosatebased herbicide»Hydrogen peroxide scavenging activities and reducing power of various fruits juice in Yenagoa