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Synonyms for starch

a quality of active mental and physical forcefulness

to make stiff or stiffer

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Synonyms for starch

a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice

a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

stiffen with starch

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The same starch solution (gel) was used for all three samples and this enhanced homogeneous nucleation of Zn[(OH).sub.2] clusters and subsequent crystal growth of zinc oxide nanoparticles during the drying process.
Amylase activity was measured as follows the reaction mixture consisted of 1ml of the enzyme extract 1ml of 1% (w/v) soluble starch solution and 0.1ml citrate buffer (pH 4.5) incubation was at 600C for 1hr.
The Ingredion Group of companies has launched the first clean label starch solution that uniquely combines instant viscosity with high freeze/thaw stability.
Starch solution with concentration of 4% (w/v) was prepared by dispersing starch in distilled water and heating the mixtures to 95[degrees]C on a water bath with periodic stirring until it gelatinized, and then cooling down to 25[degrees]C.
After 1 h, 1 mL of starch solution (1% w/v) was added drop-wise to the mixture and stirred for an addition of 1 h.
Also the alkali treated starch solution without silver nitrate was monitored with time and the concentration of reducing sugars was not changed significantly (0.149 [+ or -] 0.009 g/L), confirming that reducing sugars resulted as products of the redox reaction which takes place between starch fragments and silver nitrate.
[alpha]-Amylase was assayed in 100 mM phosphate buffer of pH 7, with variable amounts (0.02%-1%) of soluble starch solution. The data was plotted according to Line-Weaver Burk plot as described [11].
Now the gel was developed for zymogram by dipping in 1% starch solution for 5 minutes followed by addition of few drops of iodine to it.
Gelatinized starch solution was prepared by mixing a quantitative amount of starch powder in 10.0 mL of DD water and 1.0 mL of 0.5 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, and the mixture was heated in a water bath at 90[degrees]C for 10 min with continuous magnetic stirring.
A starch solution was prepared by extracting about 4 g weighed starch, with 10 mL ether on a filter paper.
(Test the brand beforehand to ensure that it is semipermeable.) Teacher preparation involves making a 5% glucose solution (dissolve 5 g of glucose in 100 cm of water), a 20% corn starch solution (dissolve 20 g of corn starch in 100 cm of water), and providing baggies or cutting dialysis tubing into approximately 20-cm lengths and placing the tubing in water prior to the investigation (see Table 6).
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