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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
Volume 21, Issue 5-6, Pages 683-692Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2006.08.010
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locust bean gum; carob; galactomannan; phase behavior; fractionation
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The equilibrium aqueous solubility of a commercial carob flour was investigated by determining the percentage of soluble and insoluble components as a function of dissolution temperature. The cumulative polysaccharide yield was ca. 50% at 5 degrees C, increasing approximately as a linear function of temperature to ca. 90% at 85 degrees C. Overall molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity of the soluble polysaccharide were determined by size-exclusion chromatography. With increasing dissolution temperature, there was weak trend towards higher overall molecular weight and intrinsic viscosity: M-w from 1060 to 1150 kg/mol, and [eta] from 11.8 to 12.5 dl/g, between 5 and 65 degrees C, respectively. Broad, amorphous peaks were evident in the(e) wide-angle X-ray scattering profiles, indicating no role for polysaccharide melting.,The continuous increase of molecular weight and decrease of DSgal with dissolution temperature is interpreted as the result of thermodynamic partitioning based on a classical polymer-solvent fractionation, a mechanism that applies only for polysaccharide components with DSgal<0.35 within the accessible temperature range. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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