PROPERTIES OF STARCHES OBTAINED FROM COLOCASIA ESSCULENTA AND ARTOCARPUS COMMUNIS

AS Adebayo; OA Itiola

doi:10.4314/njnpm.v2i1.11778

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10.4314/njnpm.v2i1.11778

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Colocasia esculenta Artocarpus communis Araceae Moraceaem starch elemental analysis

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AS Adebayo

Drug Research and Production Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile — Ife

OA Itiola

Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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Artocarpus communis (breadfruit) and Colocasia esculenta (cocoyam) starches compared favourably with Zea mays (corn) starch and complied individually with the official requirements as specified in the British Pharmacopoeia and Handbook of Pharmaceutical excipients.

Key Words: Colocasia esculenta, Artocarpus communis, Araceae, Moraceaem, starch elemental analysis.

Nig. J. Nat. Prod. And Med. Vol.2 1998: 29-33

Nigerian Journal of Natural Products and Medicine
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