Effect of granule size on the properties of lotus rhizome C-type starch.

Authors :: Lin L
Huang J
Zhao L
Wang J
Wang Z
Wei C
Source :: Carbohydrate polymers [Carbohydr Polym] 2015 Dec 10; Vol. 134, pp. 448-57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 13.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Lotus rhizome C-type starch was separated into different size fractions. Starch morphologies changed from irregular to elongated, ellipsoid, oval, and spherical with decreasing granule size. The small- and very-small-sized fractions had a centric hilum, and the other size fractions had an eccentric hilum. The different size fractions all showed C-type crystallinity, pseudoplasticity and shear-thinning rheological properties. The range of amylose content was 25.6 to 26.6%, that of relative crystallinity was 23.9 to 25.8%, that of swelling power was 29.0 to 31.4 g/g, and that of gelatinization enthalpy was 12.4 to 14.2J/g. The very-small-sized fraction had a significantly lower short-range ordered degree and flow behavior index and higher scattering peak intensity, water solubility, gelatinization peak temperature, gelatinization conclusion temperature, consistency coefficient, hydrolysis degrees, and digestion rate than the large-sized fraction. Granule size significantly positively influenced short-range ordered structure and swelling power and negatively influenced scattering peak intensity, water solubility, hydrolysis and digestion of starch (p<0.01).<br /> (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)