Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 118, Issue 3, Pages 634-640Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.05.046
Keywords
Palmyrah; Seed-shoot; Starch; Physicochemical properties; Resistant starch
Funding
- NSERC Canada
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Starch from palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer L.) seed-shoot flour was isolated and its composition, morphology, structure and physicochemical properties were determined. The yield of starch was 38.4% on a whole flour basis. The shape of the granule ranged from round to elliptical. Bound lipid, total lipid, apparent amylose, total amylose and resistant starch contents were 0.03%, 0.04%, 30.9%, 32.7% and 32.2%, respectively. The X-ray pattern was of the A-type and relative crystallinity was 34.1%. Palmyrah starch exhibited a high proportion (31.8%) of short amylopectin chains (DP 6-12) and a low proportion (1.2%) of long amylopectin chains (DP > 36). Gelatinization temperatures were 73.1-82.0 degrees C and enthalpy of gelatinization was 13.6 J/g. Pasting temperature, viscosity breakdown and set-back were 76.5 degrees C, 147 and 74 BU, respectively. Palmyrah starch exhibited high granular swelling, and restricted amylose leaching. Susceptibility towards in vitro alpha-amylolysis and retrogradation was low. The results showed that physicochemical properties of palmyrah starch were largely influenced by strong interactions between amylose-amylose and/or amylose-amylopectin chains within the granule interior. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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