J. Sreekumar

TL;DR: Succinylation of cassava starch was carried out in aqueous medium to prepare derivatives with low degree of substitution (DS) and the physicochemical properties of the products were determined.

TL;DR: The use of microwave heating to prepare very rapidly cassava starch succinates with high viscosity is described in this article, where a response surface design was used for the experiment and different factors, including concentration of succinic anhydride, reaction time, temperature and moisture content of the medium were investigated.

TL;DR: The results indicated that the extent of retention varied with the method of processing, and the variation in the total carotenoids and β-carotenes content depends on variety, processing method and initial carotene content of the fresh root.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cassava starch based superabsorbent hydrogel was evaluated as a soil conditioner and its effect on physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil as well as on plant growth parameters was studied.

TL;DR: In this article, a response surface small composite design was used to study the effect of different reaction conditions, viz. time, temperature and reagent concentration, on the substitution level in the modified starches.