3. Results and discussion
3.1. Chemical analysis
Chemical analysis showed that rice flour is a rich source of
carbohydrates and is composed of 7.74% of proteins, 0.87% of lipids,
0.72% of ash, 6.10% of moisture and 90.67% of carbohydrates. Rice
starch extracted in this study was composed of 0.68% of proteins,
0.35% of ash, 5.60% of moisture and 98.97% of carbohydrates. Starch
extracted from rice reached a purity of 99%, with only 0.68% of