Biopolymer Production from Arrowroot Starch
Sonia Bhuyan*
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Siddhanta Mishra
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Samarendra Narayan Mallick
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Pinki Mohapatra
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
Vijay Bahadur Singh Chauhan
Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha (751 019), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Arrowroot, Biopolymer, Maranta arundinacea, Starch
Abstract
A bio-based polymer is one that is created from natural sources with the addition of additives and an accelerator. It can decay at specific times and temperatures. These are environment friendly materials which are biodegradable, safer, non-toxic, lightweight, inexpensive and easy to find. The growing amount of plastic trash in landfills has prompted researchers to develop biodegradable polymers. Agricultural resources contain essential biopolymers, such as polysaccharides and proteins, which help to mitigate the aforementioned short disadvantages of petroleum-based plastics. The Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) rhizomes have emerged as powerful sources of starch and fiber. Arrowroot starch contains a significant amount of amylose (35.20 percent), making it ideal for film making. Carbohydrate is one of the most valuable elements found in arrowroot starch, which is used to make medication, biscuits, pastries, cakes, and other bakery products, whereas waste rhizome fibre is usually used to make paper, flours, tissue paper, and cardboard.
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