Talk:Starch

Wordsmithing
The etymology section needs to be cleaned up; I'm not even sure what the second sentence is trying to say, or I would simply do it myself. Anyone want to take a stab at it?

Rdviii (talk) 01:40, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Word used incorrectly
The word "polymers" is misused in the very first paragraph of the article. A polymer is a substance that consists of long molecules composed of repeating units, each of which is called a monomer. To fix the problem, it is sufficient to remove the phrase "called polymers." Dratman (talk) 12:07, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Artificial synthesis of starch
Should there be a new dedicated chapter for "Artificial synthesis of starch" here?

It's a new science but papers seem to back it up as an actual reality. I think it warrants its own new dedicated section in the article since it doesn't neatly fits in any of the existing sections. And it's significant as it may help solve Climate change, global food shortages by creating starch a lot more efficiently and faster than plants can.

Chinese scientists completed the world’s first synthetic starch tech from CO2, its production rate is 8.5 times compared to agricultural production. This tech may solve the food crisis, and mitigate the global warming. The food issue of Martian immigrants will be solved

MangoTareeface9 (talk) 18:02, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Mutants
For the record... The biochemistry of starch degradation is complicated enough that for this overview article, we (IMHO) do not have the capacity to describe organisms missing some of these enzymes. So, I removed these bits today: "loss of the GWD, leads to a starch excess (sex) phenotype, and because starch cannot be phosphorylated, it accumulates in the plastids."

" if mutated (MEX1-mutant) results in maltose accumulation in the plastid. --Smokefoot (talk) 03:55, 3 February 2024 (UTC)