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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 67, Issue 4, Pages 511-529Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.06.025
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starch; gelatinization; phase transition
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The gelatinization characteristics of seven different food starches (regular corn, high-amylose corn, waxy corn, wheat, rice, potato, and tapioca) were investigated. Each starch sample type was heated to 35, 40, 45, etc. up to 85 degrees C at 5 degrees C intervals, and freeze-dried. The treated samples were analyzed using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and high -performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). When heated, granules underwent structural changes prior to the visible morphological changes that took place during gelatinization. The nature of these structural changes depended on starch type. These results indicate that the starch gelatinization process is more complex than a simple granular order-to-disorder transition. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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