starch

carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bond
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starch

Summary

starch is an excipient[1]. starch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • starch's instance of is recorded as excipient[3].
  • starch's instance of is recorded as glucan[4].
  • starch's instance of is recorded as food ingredient[5].
  • starch's instance of is recorded as food product[6].
  • starch is a type of polysaccharide[7].
  • starch is a type of food ingredient[8].
  • starch is a type of primary metabolite[9].
  • starch is a type of type of polymer[10].
  • starch is part of starch binding[11].
  • starch is part of starch metabolic process[12].
  • starch is part of starch catabolic process[13].
  • starch is part of starch biosynthetic process[14].
  • starch is used for nutriment[15].
  • starch is used for thickener[16].
  • starch's Commons category is recorded as Starch[17].
  • starch comprises oxygen[18].
  • starch comprises carbon[19].
  • starch comprises hydrogen[20].
  • starch comprises amylopectin[21].
  • starch comprises amylose[22].
  • starch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Starch[23].
  • starch's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[24].
  • starch's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • starch's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[26].
  • starch's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include excipient[3], glucan[4], food ingredient[5], and food product[6]. Recorded subclass of include polysaccharide[7], food ingredient[8], primary metabolite[9], and type of polymer[10].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include nutriment[15] and thickener[16]. Components include oxygen[18], a chemical element[28]; carbon[19], a chemical element[29]; hydrogen[20], a chemical element[30]; amylopectin[21], a type of polymer[31]; and amylose[22], a type of polymer[32]. Part of include starch binding[11], starch metabolic process[12], starch catabolic process[13], and starch biosynthetic process[14].

Why It Matters

starch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] starch is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Reactome. plantreactome.gramene.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of excipient, glucan, food ingredient +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q119896085]]"
  2. 18d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0286272-skrob
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0286272-skrob, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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