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JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 74-81Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2009.02.007
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Starch retrogradation; Amylopectin; Paste and gel rheology; Cereals
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Storage retrogradation behavior and properties of sorghum, maize, and rice starches were compared to better understand the relationship of amylopectin fine structure to quality issues. Long-term changes in texture of starch gels were attributed to amylopectin retrogradation. In starch pastes aged 7 days at 4 degrees C, change in the storage modulus (Delta G') during heating (representing intermolecular associations) was highly and positively correlated (r = 0.93, p < 0.01) with the proportion of fraction I (FrI) long chains from debranched amylopectin. One sorghum cultivar, Mota Maradi, showed a dramatic increase in the storage modulus (G') over the 7 day storage period that was related to its high proportion of FrI. Pastes/gels made from starches with normal (20-30%) amylose content and higher proportions of FrI long chains from clebranched amylopectin tended to become firmer with more syneresis during extended storage. Both degree of polymerization measurements and previous models for amylopectin structure indicate that FrI represents long B chains of amylopectin. Cereal cultivars having amylopectin structures with lower proportion of long B chains were speculated to give improved quality products with lower rates of retrogradation and staling. This is particularly an issue in sorghum foods where products generally lack storage stability and tend to stale relatively quickly. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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