Journal
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106552
Keywords
Konjac glucomannan; Gelation; Framework; Particle size; Atomic force microscopy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China of China [31571865, 31801496]
- Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province [BK 20180697]
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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The study investigated the structural changes of konjac glucomannan (KGM) during heat-induced gelation, revealing that gelation requires both heat and alkali-induced deacetylation. Deacetylation was found to be the rate-determining step in the process, leading to particle aggregation and interaction to form a network structure. This understanding was aided by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) results.
We investigate structural changes of konjac glucomannan (KGM) during heat induced gelation of predeacetylated samples. We combine rheology at higher concentrations, with light scattering and AFM studies on low concentration samples. Macroscale rheology demonstrates that gelation requires both heat and alkaliinduced deacetylation. With Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) we investigated the time evolution of KGM particle hydrodynamic radius (Rh) during the deacetylation reaction. Before deacetylation we observe that heating leads to swelling of the KGM particles in solution. From the kinetics of particle aggregation, we deduce that deacetylation itself is the rate-determining step and that aggregation occurs immediately after deacetylation. In Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), native KGM particles appear as compact globular objects. Consistent with the light scattering results, we observe that heating leads to opening and swelling of these particles, and that deacetylation leads to their interaction to each other into a network. Our DLS and AFM results help understand the microscopic origins of heatand alkali-induced gelation of KGM.
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