Abstract
The determination of phospholipids in the starches of various plants showed a non‐uniform distribution. Potato starch contains lecithin, serine and lysoserinecephalin, and the starch of beans contains additional lysolecithin. In pea starches on lecithin occurs, but ethanolamin and lysoethanolaminecephalin in wrinkled peas and smooth green seeds. The phospholipids of rice starch are lysolecithin as well as ethanolamine‐ and lysoethanolaminecephalin. The leaves of maize contain ethanolamine‐and lysoethanolaminecephalin in their starch. The same lipids and additional lecithin and lysolecthin are the components in the starch of the endosperm starch.