“…Starch microspheres (SMs) are micron-sized spherical particles consisting of starch chains/starch derivatives which have been widely used as drug delivery systems, embolizing agents and hemostatic agents (Chen et al, 2017;Orlacchio et al, 2020;Puncha-Arnon et al, 2020;Ee et al, 2020). SMs can be prepared by precipitation, solvent evaporation, spray-drying and emulsion techniques (Elfstrand et al, 2009;Li et al, 2009;Ma et al, 2011). The emulsion technique is one of the classic methods to obtain starch-based microparticles (Li et al, 2009;Seki et al, 2007).…”