“…It is believed that the large increment in gelatinization temperatures and decrement in gelatinization enthalpy may be due to the action of H 3 O þ on starch chains and double helices within the amorphous regions of the starch granules (Hoover & Manuel, 1995). These data are in agreement with previous studies (Ahmed & Auras, 2011;Singh et al, 2009;Singh, Kaur, & McCarthy, 2007) that reported increases in thermal properties of gelatinization upon acid treatment of sorghum and waxy corn starch. Fig.…”