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Table 1 Types of resistant starch (RS) and starch sources used in pig studies

From: Resistant starch: Implications of dietary inclusion on gut health and growth in pigs: a review

Type of RS

Description of RS

Starch sources used in pig studies

References

RS1

Native starch granules entrapped or inaccessible to enzymes

Hull-less barley, high moisture corn, low amylose barley and corn, oat, rice, sorghum, triticale, wheat

[38]

Field pea

[39]

RS2

Native starch granules with conformation or structure that resist enzymes

Raw potato starch

[15, 40,41,42,43,44]

Sweet potato

[41]

Hull-less barley, high moisture corn, low amylose barley and corn, oat, rice, sorghum, triticale, wheat

[38]

Field pea

[39]

High-amylose corn starch

[45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53]

RS3

Retrograded starch that occurs naturally during food processing

Tapioca starch

[54, 55]

Barley

[38, 39]

Corn

[38]

Field pea

[39]

Rice

[38]

Wheat

[38]

RS4

Chemically-modified starch

Enzymatically-modified starch

[56, 57]