MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311085309 A) filed by Shoolini University Of Biotechnology And Management Sciences, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on Dec. 14, 2023, for 'a starch-based multifunctional nanomaterial & a method for preparing the same.'
Inventor(s) include Poonam; Riya Roy; Pooja Sawant; Prafull Chavan; Somesh Sharma; and Abhishek Thakur.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a novel starch-based multifunctional nanomaterial derived from Himalayan red rice. The extraction process focuses on utilizing red rice starch to produce nanoparticles, investigating the impact of acid hydrolysis on amylose content, pasting and rheological properties, as well as the size and structure of the resulting starch nanoparticles. The development of the present nanoparticles correlate with a reduction in amylose content. The average particle size of the red rice-based starch nanoparticles is determined to be 362.7 nm, showcasing nanoscale dimensions achieved through the acid hydrolysis process. This contrasts significantly with native starch, which has a particle size of 4389 nm. The inventive process not only refines the amylose content of red rice starch nanoparticles but also achieves a substantial size reduction, demonstrating potential applications in various fields benefiting from nanomaterials."
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