Banana is a climacteric fruit and, in Me´xico, is consumed
when the fruit is ripe. For this reason, high quantities of fruit
are lost during their commercialization due to poor postharvest
handling. Starch is the principal component of green
bananas that is changed during ripening (Lii, Chang, &
Young, 1982). Starch is deposited in the form of partially
crystalline granules, whose morphology, chemical composition,
and supermolecular structure are characteristics of
each particular plant species. Native starches have been
used since ancient times as a raw material to prepare
different products. Utilization of native starches has some
drawbacks because the process conditions (e.g. temperature,
pH, pressure) reduce its use in industrial applications