Starch

{starch) [AS., stearc, stiff; L., Aviyluni\. A carbohydrate widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, occurring in peculiar concentrically marked granules or grains. When heated with water the granules swell up, burst, partially di olve, and form S. paste. The soluble portion is called granulose, the insoluble is cellulose. Iodin produces a characteristic blue coloration with S. The most important varieties of S. are: potato-S., leguminous S., wheat-S. (Amylum, U. S. P., B. P.), sago-S., rice-S. S., Animal. See Glycogen. S., Corn-, a highly nutritive S. obtained from Indian corn. S. -enema, an enema consisting of starch water. S., Iodized, starch that has been acted upon by iodin. S. -water, a mixture of wheat-S. and: water, used chiefly as an emollient enema. Star-gra . See Aletris. Stars of ch678.xhtml v 598