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Contents
Part I Starch: Structure, Functions, Bioactivity and Applications
Starch: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Khalid Gul, Nisar Ahmad Mir, Basharat Yousuf, Farhana Mehraj Allai,
and Savita Sharma
Resistant Starch and Slowly Digestible Starch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bilal Ahmad Ashwar, Adil Gani, Asima Shah, Mudasir Ahmad,
Asir Gani, Faiza Jhan, and Nairah Noor
Neutraceutical Properties of Resistant Starch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Gazalla Akhtar, Saqib Farooq, Tariq Ahmad Ganaie, Sajad Ahmad Mir,
and F. A. Masoodi
Recent Advances in the Application of Starch and Resistant Starch
and Slowly Digestible Starch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mudasir Ahmad, Sayeed Rukhsaar, Adil Gani, Bilal Ahmad Ashwar,
Touseef Ahmed Wani, Umar Shah, and Faiza Jhan
Part II Non-starch Polysaccharides: Structure, Functions, Bioactivity
and Applications
Beta-Glucans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Nusrat Jan, Touseef Ahmed Wani, F. A. Masoodi, Adil Gani,
and H. R. Naik
Pectin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Nairah Noor, Asima Shah, Asir Gani, Adil Gani, Faiza Jhan,
Zanoor ul Ashraf, Bilal Ahmad Ashwar, and Tariq Ahmad Ganaie
Arabinoxylans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Asima Shah, F. A. Masoodi, Asir Gani, Adil Gani, Zanoor ul Ashraf,
Nairah Noor, and Aala Fazli