The phrase "alterations of starch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing changes or modifications made to starch, particularly in scientific or culinary discussions.
Example: "The alterations of starch during cooking can significantly affect the texture and flavor of the dish."
Alternatives: "modifications of starch" or "changes in starch".
To evaluate the effect of the alteration of starch structure on physicochemical properties, we analyzed the starch pasting properties of ground kernels using a rapid viscoanalyzer (RVA; Table 3 and Additional file 3).
Finally, o2 was the only opaque mutant to show significant alteration of starch biosynthetic gene expression.
We also discovered that the ECMs had higher soluble sugar (fructose, glucose, and sucrose) content in the ECMs (Additional file 9), which suggested a biochemical alteration of starch metabolism in the ECMs.
In addition, the increase of crystallinity due to post-drying physical state transitions e.g. starch retrogradation during conditioning, may also lead to alteration of the microstructure of starch based films leading to the development of more brittle and coarse structures.
Sources of spectral variation caused by infection were observed at 1900 and 2136 nm, indicative of alterations in starch and protein content [ 42].
The two obvious alterations were plasmolysis and an increase in the number of starch grains.
Thus, the alterations of endogenous hormone levels resulted in starch accumulation due to regulation of the expression of genes involved in the starch metabolism pathway.
The effective decomposition of the bio-polymer was shown by mono-dimensional and pseudo-2D NMR experiments that revealed the alteration of the intermolecular linkages among the monomeric constituents, while the thermochemolysis confirmed the complete decomposition of starch components.
Christiansen, C. Investigation of starch binding domains for improvement of starch degradation.
