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. 2010 Oct 29;48(4):460–465. doi: 10.1007/s13197-010-0126-x

Table 3.

Effect of acid modification on the syneresis (%) of native and modified starches during storage

Storage (4 °C) period, days
Starch from 1 2 3 4 5
Native
Banana 15.7ap ± 0.71 18.8aq ± 0.37 20.2ar ± 0.34 21.2as ± 0.78 21.3bs ± 0.35
Lotus stem 11.4 bp ± 0.39 13.8bq ± 0.28 15.7br ± 0.28 21.9as ± 0.50 23.8as ± 0.22
Sweet potato 9.8cp ± 0.40 13.8bq ± 0.24 15.8br ± 0.32 18.7bs ± 0.65 18.8cs ± 0.33
Wheat 7.2dp ± 0.25 8.4cq ± 0.23 10.8cr ± 0.37 12.7cs ± 0.42 13.9dt ± 0.21
Acid modified
Banana 29.7ap ± 0.40 31.9ap ± 0.50 32.8ap ± 0.30 35.8aq ± 0.34 41.6br ± 0.60
Lotus stem 28.5 bp ± 0.24 30.0 bp ± 0.29 32.8aq ± 0.28 35.8ar ± 0.39 43.6as ± 0.20
Sweet potato 18.6dp ± 0.32 19.6dp ± 0.21 23.7cq ± 0.15 26.9cr ± 0.32 32.3ds ± 0.34
Wheat 22.8cp ± 0.20 23.7cp ± 0.30 25.8bq ± 0.37 28.7br ± 0.18 33.8cs ± 0.85

* Means with different superscripts are significantly different (p ≤ 0.05) along the rows (a,b,c...) and columns (p, q, r...) (n = 3)