Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 269, Issue -, Pages 80-88Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.05.116
Keywords
Konjac glucomannan; Deacetylation; Gelation; Alkali; AFM; NMR
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China, China [31571791, 31371717]
- China Agriculture Research System - Green Manure
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A molecular-level mechanism of alkali induced konjac glucomannan (KGM) hydrogel gelation processing is considered with the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) as complementary methods to diffusive wave spectroscopy (DWS) microrheology and thermoanalysis. It is shown that deacetylation of KGM chains occurs immediately upon mixing with Na2CO3, inducing self-packaging. Partial unfolding of the packed loose structure of dehydrated KGM is observed upon heating. The configuration transition from random coils to self-assembling filament networks takes place before KGM aggregating to form large irreversible bundles with a lower degree of cross-linking. The gelation is not fulfilled until the temperature is increased to above 70 degrees C when the significant agglomeration is initiated among transitional fibrils to form junction zones essentially composed of acetyl-free portions. This suggests the intermolecular aggregation of KGM chains not simply regarding to hydrogen bonds, but essentially relating to hydrophobic interactions.
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