Abstract
Some properties of banana starch isolated with a dilute alkaline solution from green banana were compared with those of corn starch, sweet potato starch and potato starch. It was found that the banana starch has extremely characteristic properties and the position of it on the "Starch scale" varies considerably with the respective measuring items . That is to say, the shape of banana starch granules is characteristic of thin flat discs, from which it seems that high fluidity of banana starch results . Moreover, banana starch show a worse digestibility by amylase action in spite of its easier dissolution in DMSO . Beside these, the content of amylose is the lowest among the four sorts of starch. The patterns of gelatinization resemble those of sweet potato starch.
