Araucaria

Araucaria image(s)

NAME

English Name :

Araucaria

French Name :

Pinhão

Latin Name :

Araucaria

SOURCE

Organ :

seed

Sample origin :

Brazil

MORPHOLOGY

Size :

10-50 µm

Shape :

spherical & hemispherical

STRUCTURE

Allomorph :

C

% allomorph A :

39 %

% allomorph B :

61 %

Crystallinity (%) :

45 %

THERMAL PROPERTIES

Melting temperature :

60.1 °C

Melting interval :

29.9 °C

Melting enthalpy :

-14.5 J/g

REFERENCES

Bibliographical reference(s) :

Starch characterisation of Araucaria angustifolia and Araucaria araucana seeds.
Conforti P.A., Lupano C.E.
Starch/Starke 59 (2007) 284–289

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