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Cold plasma is the 4th state of matter that has been recognized as an emerging non-thermal food processing technology. In recent days, cold plasma has been applied to modify the starches as one of the physical methods. Cold plasma via different mechanisms (depolymerization, crosslinking, and etching) can modify the starches. The etched surface of starch granules enhanced the hydrophilicity allowing more water penetration. This led to many changes pertaining to thermal and pasting properties. The depolymerization of amylose and amylopectin chains decreased the relative crystallinity without any change in crystallinity pattern. This chapter summarizes the different plasma-induced mechanisms for starch modifications and their impact on the different functional properties.
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Annapure, U.S., Rohit, T. (2023). Cold Plasma Treatment of Starch. In: Sharanagat, V.S., Saxena, D.C., Kumar, K., Kumar, Y. (eds) Starch: Advances in Modifications, Technologies and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35843-2_14
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