Issue 82, 2016, Issue in Progress

Chemical modification of starch and its application as an adsorbent material

Abstract

Starch is a biopolymer of plant origin which is cheap abundant and has many applications in food and non-food industries. However, in the native form, its applications are limited due to shortcomings, such as loss of viscosity and thickening power upon cooking and storage, retrogradation characteristics and absence of certain groups responsible for a particular function, etc. So, in order to reduce its limitations and improve its applications, modification of starch is necessary. It can be modified by several ways like chemical modification, physical modification and genetic modification but the most important one is the chemical modification. In this review, we selected the published data related to the chemical modification like grafting, cross-linking, esterification, etherification and dual modification of starch and application of modified starch for the adsorption of organic dyes and heavy metals from water.

Graphical abstract: Chemical modification of starch and its application as an adsorbent material

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
29 Jun 2016
Accepted
12 Aug 2016
First published
12 Aug 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 78264-78285

Chemical modification of starch and its application as an adsorbent material

M. Haroon, L. Wang, H. Yu, N. M. Abbasi, Zain-ul-Abdin, M. Saleem, R. U. Khan, R. S. Ullah, Q. Chen and J. Wu, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 78264 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA16795K

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