The monographs contained in the present volume are also issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, as FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series, No. Biological data Biochemical aspects Much evidence in the literature points to etherified starches being somewhat resistant to enzymic degradation. Probably small fragments containing the ether linkage will remain and will not be absorbed readily.
Any material absorbed is likely to be excreted by the kidney.
The metabolic fate of methylglucose is cited as collateral evidence. The caloric values of two starches treated at levels of 0.07 per cent. and 0.50 per cent. Distarch glycerols were only slightly lower in caloric value than unmodified starch, the differences not being significant. Rat Three groups of 10 male and 10 female rats were fed for 90 days unmodified starch or starch treated with 0.07 per cent. or 0.50 per cent. Growth rate, appearance, behaviour and food intake were similar in all 3 groups.