J. Sci. Technol. Appl.
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Manuel F. Melendrez Castro, Ph.D.
Department of Material Engineering.
Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
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Volume No.19
Published in Nov-2025.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Art-113: Characteristics of cassava starch (Manihot
esculenta) and its use as raw material for the development of technologies in agricultural production.
Enrique M Combatt, Leidy L Mercado, José J Doria Cantero, Luis A RodrÃguez , Alfredo Jarma Orozco, Natalia Afanasjeva, Jairo Salcedo
https://doi.org/10.34294/j.jsta.25.19.113
Abstract.
Starch is an important raw material for the chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, and mainly food industries due to its desirable
functional properties, whether native or modified. In addition, it is considered the main energy-storage carbohydrate. Allowing you to
present advantages such as low-cost material, abundance, and availability. Therefore, compared to synthetic polymeric materials, it
contains hydroxyl groups that give it hydrophilic properties. Amylose and amylopectin have an important role in the composition, since
they constitute the majority of the starch, which influences properties such as crystallinity, viscosity, retrogradation, gelation, and
stickiness. These properties are essential to give this raw material an industrial use, either in food or in the production of biodegradable
films.
Cite As.
Combatt E.M, Mercado L.L, Doria J.J, RodrÃguez L.A, Jarma-Orozco A, Afanasjeva N, Salcedo J, (2025), Characteristics of cassava starch (Manihot
esculenta) and its use as raw material for the development of technologies in agricultural production, J. Sci. Technol. Appl., 19, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.34294/j.jsta.25.19.113