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What is the function of corn starch?
Corn starch contains more unsaturated fatty acids, which has dietotherapy effect on normal metabolism of fat and cholesterol, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and reducing hyperlipidemia. The American Medical Association found that no native American or Indian suffered from hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Later, it was found that the old corn they ate contained a lot of lecithin, linoleic acid, grain alcohol and vitamin E, so they didn't suffer from hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Let's take a look at the detailed functions of corn starch.

1, corn starch used as sand core binder in foundry industry;

2. Mostly used in food industry, sugar industry and pharmaceutical industry, producing antibiotics and vitamins with starch as raw material;

3. In metallurgical industry, corn starch is often used as a settling agent for flotation ores;

4. In petroleum industry, corn starch is used in oil well drilling mud to make it have water storage;

5. Corn starch is used as electrolyte carrier of dry battery;

6. Corn starch is added to the cement to repair the oil wall;

7. In paint, plastics, dyes, textiles, paper making, tire rubber and other industries, starch, as an essential material, is also the starting material for making various modified starches.