Delivery of therapeutics using synthetic polymers is challenging due to toxicity,
immunogenicity and impaired bioavailability following administration. However, natural …

Tuber and root crops are matured as fundamental food crops universally especially in
tropical and subtropical regions. Among them, Taro (Colocasia esculenta) considered as 5th …

Cold plasma is a non-thermal, effective, environmentally friendly and promising technique
for modifying starch. In the current study, the effect of different voltages (15–25 kV) and …

Background Citric acid (CA) is a universal plant and animal-metabolism intermediate. It is a
commodity chemical processed and widely used around the world as an excellent …

Biopolysaccharides extracted from plants are mainly photosynthetic byproducts found in
leaves, pods, stems, fruits, grains, seeds, corms, rhizomes, roots, bark exudates, and other …

The exploration of environmentally friendly slow-release fertilizer (SRF) based on natural bio-
polymers is of great importance in the development of modern agriculture and horticulture …

Starch from talipot palm trunk (Corypha umbraculifera L.), a new starch source, was treated
with different citric acid concentrations (5%, 10%, 20%, and 40% of the dry weight of starch) …

Taro is a major root crop utilized widely for diverse food and non-food applications. Taro
corms are processed into various forms before consumption, which makes them digestible …

Citric acid (CA) treatment is a convenient, mild and environmentally friendly strategy to
modify the composition, structure and function of starch through hydrolysis and esterification …

Retrograded starches have received increasing attention due to their potential excipient
properties in pharmaceutical formulations. However, to evade its application-oriented …