Retrogradation of Maize Starch after High Hydrostatic Pressure Gelation: Effect of Amylose Content and Depressurization Rate

Zhi Yang, Peter Swedlund, Qinfen Gu, Yacine Hemar, Saharoui Chaieb

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Abstract

High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) has been employed to gelatinize or physically modify starch dispersions. In this study, waxy maize starch, normal maize starch, and two high amylose content starch were processed by a HHP of the order of 600 MPa, at 25°C for 15min. The effect of HHP processing on the crystallization of maize starches with various amylose content during storage at 4°C was investigated. Crystallization kinetics of HHP treated starch gels were investigated using rheology and FTIR. The effect of crystallization on the mechanical properties of starch gel network were evaluated in terms of dynamic complex modulus (G*). The crystallization induced increase of short-range helices structures were investigated using FTIR. The pressure releasing rate does not affect the starch retrogradation behaviour. The rate and extent of retrogradation depends on the amylose content of amylose starch. The least retrogradation was observed in HHP treated waxy maize starch. The rate of retrogradation is higher for HHP treated high amylose maize starch than that of normal maize starch. A linear relationship between the extent of retrogradation (phase distribution) measured by FTIR and G* is proposed.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)e0156061
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume11
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 24 2016

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We acknowledge the support of the plant and food research institute in providing the high pressure equipment used in this work. We thank Mr. Graeme Summers from Plant & Food Research Ltd. for his technical assistance. SC thanks KAUST for support.

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