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14<br />

Contribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>Size</strong><br />

<strong>Exclusion</strong><br />

<strong>Chromatography</strong> to<br />

Starch Glucan<br />

Characterization<br />

Anton Huber<br />

Karl-Franzens-Universitä tGraz<br />

Graz, Austria<br />

Werner Praznik<br />

Universität fü rBodenkultur<br />

Vienna, Austria<br />

1 INTRODUCTION<br />

Starch isaverycommon<strong>and</strong>ubiquitouslyavailablematerial,whichis classifiedas<br />

“renewable raw material” for industrial production (Table 1) <strong>of</strong>food <strong>and</strong> nonfood<br />

goods(Table2)withparticular properties based on specific starch qualities (highly<br />

heterogeneous hydrophilic material, more or less insoluble in aqueous media,<br />

highly viscous when dispersed/dissolved, limited resistance against thermal,<br />

mechanical, <strong>and</strong> chemical stress, basically biodegradable). An on-line dictionary<br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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