A Study of Native and Chemically Modified Potato Starch. Part I: Analysis and Enzymic Availability in vitro

The availability of native and chemically modified potato starch to α-amylase was studied in vitro (distarch phosphate, acetylated distarch phosphate and hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate). Enzyme availability was also related to results obtained during analysis of starch and dietary fibre, The degree of substitution (DS) was determined by ¹HNMR spectroscopy and the substitution sites were evaluated by gasliquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Substitution with acetyl- and hydroxypropyl groups reduced the availability of drum-dried starch derivatives to α-amylase. In contrast, the susceptibility of raw starch increased after introduction of hydroxypropyl groups. Cross-linking with phosphate only had but minor effects on enzyme availability. The recovery of starch during analysis depended on (a) degree of hydrolysis to glucose (b) whether or not the substitution groups were removed. The lowest yields were observed when analyzing substituted derivatives after boiling and enzymic hydrolysis (60-70%). Enzymically unavailable starch was not recovered as dietary fibre when using an enzymic gravimetric assay.     

Citrate Starch — Application as Resistant Starch in Different Food Systems

Chemically modified starch was used as resistant starch (RS) to enhance the dietary fibre content in foods. Citrate starch was produced by esterification of starches of various origins and added to toast bread, wafers, pasta and extruded products. The RS content as well as relevant product features were determined and results compared to those of products without any citrate starch addition. The results show that the RS content in toast bread could be increased by approximately 3%, when 7.5% citrate starch was added, compared to non-fortified bread. Changes in product features due to addition of citrate starch could be compensated for by variation in the recipe, such as increasing the amount of water. Thus, appealing products could be obtained with an enriched dietary fibre content. The extend of the RS enhancement depends highly on the food system chosen.     

淀粉平均聚合度对抗性淀粉得率影响的研究

在对普鲁兰酶最佳酶解条件优化的基础上,采用普鲁兰酶与耐高温淀粉酶协同制备RS(resistantstarch),改变淀粉的聚合度,分析玉米淀粉聚合度与抗性淀粉得率的关系。结果表明:提高原料淀粉中直链淀粉含量并将其聚合度控制在一定程度,可有效的提高RS得率,同时,DSC(differentialscanningcalorimeter)和X-衍射图谱表明,抗性淀粉与原玉米淀粉在结构上有着显著差异。     

A Rapid Method for the Analysis of Starch

A rapid enzymic method for starch analysis, especially in cereal products, is presented. One person can analyze 30 samples per day. The method includes a 15 min gelatinization step in a boiling water bath in the presence of a thermostable α-amylase, a 30 min amyloglucosidase incubation of a subsample, and subsequent determination of glucose with a glucose oxidase/peroxidase reagent. The method was evaluated by analysis of the starch content in various raw and industrially processed wheat samples. The method showed high precision (CV=0.6–1.0%) and accuracy. Some factors which might affect the enzymic availability of starch and thus its recovery in the analysis are evaluated and discussed.     

慈姑抗性淀粉的理化特性研究

采用酸解- 微波法制备慈姑抗性淀粉(resistant starch,RS),结果发现慈姑RS 形成了新的连续的致密结构,结晶以初级微晶为主,晶型转变为C 型,结晶度为23.62%;RS- 碘复合物的最大吸收波长为564.40nm;随着RS含量的增加,慈姑RS 的直链淀粉含量变化不大,大部分可溶性直链淀粉转变为不溶性直链淀粉,平均聚合度明显降低,提纯RS 的平均聚合度为22.94;红外光谱分析表明,慈姑RS 含有伯、仲醇羟基和α-D- 吡喃环结构特征,只较原淀粉形成了更多的氢键,说明其是物理改性淀粉。慈姑RS 的溶解度、透明度大大低于原淀粉,而持水力较原淀粉有明显的提高。     

Transglycosidation Reactions Following Heat Treatment of Starch – Effects on Enzymic Digestibility

Chemical modifications in starch following heat treatment at low moisture content was studied in relation to enzymic availability of the starch. The samples, native wheat starch and a soluble starch (according to Zulkowsky), were heated with or without addition of levoglucosan (1,6-anhydro-β-D-glucopyranose), a highly reactive compound proposed to be active in transglycosidation reactions. The modifications induced by heat treatment significantly reduced the digestibility of starch in vitro. The decrease in available starch was not accompanied by any increase in dietary fibre, suggesting that the carbohydrate fragments remaining after enzymic digestion were of low molecular weight. The starch in the heated material was highly fragmented and chemical characterization by ¹H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and methylation analysis revealed the formation of new non-starch linkages mainly β-(1→4) and β-(1→6). It is probable that the introduction of non-starch linkages reduces the enzymic access also of several adjacing α-glucosidic bonds. Thus, it could explain the 7% decrease in in vitro availability after 4 h heat treatment of wheat starch.     

Dietary carbohydrates: classification by chemistry and physiology

Food carbohydrates consist of mono-, di-, oligo- and polysaccharides, the latter composed of starch and non-starch polysaccharides (NSP). The glycaemic response to both sugars and starches is dependent on the types of sugars present and the form of the starches, and ‘complex carbohydrates’ do not necessarily produce slower or lower glycaemic responses than the sugars. Carbohydrates not absorbed in the small intestine are fermented more or less extensively by the large intestinal microflora. There is a fundamental difference nutritionally between digestible and undigestible (‘unavailable’) carbohydrates. NSP, resistant starch (RS) and oligosaccharides are the main forms of undigestible carbohydrates. Dietary fibre is generally conceived as more or less synonymous with ‘unavailable’ carbohydrates. The nutritional effects of dietary fibre are related to its undigestibility in the small intestine, and to the physical and chemical properties of its constituent polysaccharides. Food structures built of dietary fibre as plant cell-walls, and also of other food components, are increasingly recognized as nutritionally important. Food databases should include as much specific and detailed information as possible on food carbohydrates. For food labelling, carbohydrates have to be divided into a number of nutritionally meaningful classes. A first classification should then aim at differentiating the digestible and undigestible carbohydrates, i.e. dietary fibre.     

食物中抗性淀粉的研究进展

在查阅的近十几年对淀粉在人肠道内消化吸收的文献基础上,综述了食物中抗性淀粉的研究进展,抗性淀粉是指不能在健康正常人小肠中消化吸收的淀粉及其降解物食中物存在抗性淀粉可分为３类,物理包埋淀粉（ＲＳＩ）抗性淀粉颗粒（ＲＳ２）和老化淀粉（ＲＳ３）其检测一般采用体外肠道模拟酶解法,影响食物中抗性淀粉形成的因素主要有淀粉自身的理化性质,食物中的其它成分,处理方式和工艺以及食物形态等,抗性淀粉属于人体无法消化吸     

西米淀粉结构及消化特性

以马铃薯淀粉和红薯淀粉作为参照,用Englyst法测定西米淀粉的消化特性,并研究其成糊特性、直链淀粉含量、分子链长分布以及脂肪含量与消化特性的关系。结果表明：与马铃薯淀粉和红薯淀粉相比,西米淀粉具有较高含量的快消化淀粉（90.32%）和较低的抗消化淀粉含量（3.27%）。西米淀粉样品较低的脂肪含量（0.11%）、较高的短链含量（聚合度10～30,83.57%）、较低的长链含量（聚合度＞55,0.80%）,较高的直链淀粉含量（29.3%）和较低的终值黏度（1 096.67 mPa·s）。对消化特性起主要影响作用的因素有链长分布、直链淀粉含量和脂肪含量。     

Production and physicochemical properties of resistant starch from hydrolysed wrinkled pea starch

The content and physicochemical properties of resistant starches (RS) from wrinkled pea starch obtained by different molecular mass reduction processes were evaluated. Native and gelatinised starches were submitted to acid hydrolysis (2 m HCl for 2.5 h) or enzymic hydrolysis (pullulanase, 40 U g^?1 for 10 h), followed by hydrothermal treatment (autoclaving at 121 °C for 30 min), refrigeration (4 °C for 24 h) and lyophilisation. Native starch showed RS and total dietary fibre contents of 39.8% and 14.3%, respectively, while processed ones showed values from 38.5% to 54.6% and from 22.9% to 37.1%, respectively. From these, the highest contents were among acid‐modified starches. Processed starches showed endotherms between 144 and 166 °C, owing to the amylose retrogradation. Native and processed starches showed low viscosity, which is inversely proportional to the RS concentration in samples. The heat treatment promoted an increase in the water absorption index. The pea starch is a good source for obtaining resistant starch by acid hydrolysis.     

Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Corn Starch

ABSTRACT:  Carboxyl content and amylose leaching of gamma-irradiated corn starch increased and swelling factor decreased with increasing radiation dose. The apparent amylose content decreased gradually from 28.7% for native starch to 20.9% for 50 kGy irradiated starch. The proportion of short amylopectin branch chains (DP 6 to 12) increased, while the proportion of longer branch chains (DP ≥ 37) decreased with increasing radiation dose. The relative crystallinity and the degree of granule surface order decreased from 28.5% and 0.631 in native starch to 26.9% and 0.605 in 50 kGy irradiated starch, respectively. Pasting viscosity and gelatinization temperatures decreased with an increase in radiation dose. At a high dose (50 kGy), melting of amylose–lipid complex in DSC thermogram was not observed. The rapidly digestible starch (RDS) content slightly decreased up to 10 kGy but increased at 50 kGy. The resistant starch (RS) content slightly decreased at 2 kGy and then increased up to 50 kGy. The slowly digestible starch (SDS) content showed the opposite trend to RS content. Slower irradiation dose rate reduced carboxyl content, swelling factor, and amylose leaching. The apparent amylose content and amylopectin chain length distribution were not significantly affected by dose rate of gamma irradiation. However, the relative crystallinity and gelatinization enthalpy increased with slower dose rate. Slower dose rate decreased RDS and SDS contents, and increased RS content.     

Quantification of Resistant Starch in Several Starch Sources Treated Thermally

The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of heat-moisture treatment at different phases and temperatures on resistance starch (RS) level on native starches samples of several botanical sources and to evaluate the thermal stability of different granules. Samples of potato, cassava, wheat, and corn starches were moisturized up to 30% wet basis and then treated in a convection oven at 80, 100, and 120°C during 40 and 60 minutes. RS was determined gravimetrically by a modification of Method 991.43 of the AOAC for the determination of total dietary fibre. All samples were submitted to different thermal analysis in a range from 40 to 180°C at 10°C/min. Overall, in the treated samples an increase of RS was observed, being the corn starch sample treated at 120°C and 60 minutes – the one that presented the highest content of RS (4.2%). Other treated samples showed a decrease in the gelatinization enthalpies with the presence of granular fusion, indicating internal re-arrangement, an increase in the gelatinization temperature and the thermo stability below 95°C.     

Comparative Effects of Acetylated and Unmodified High‐amylose Maize Starch in Rats

Acetylated, propionylated or butyrylated starches raise the large bowel pools of these short chain fatty acids (SCFA) in rats but their resistant starch (RS) content in vivo is unknown. This content was determined for acetylated starch (Starch A, DS = 0.18) in colectomised rats and compared to a standard maize (control) or high‐amylose (HAMS) maize starch. Digestibilities were 99.8% (control), 47.5% (Starch A) and 58% (HAMS). The effects of Starch A and HAMS were compared also in intact rats, that were fed a fibre‐free diet in which either 200 g/kg of HAMS or 100, 200 or 300 g of Starch A/kg was substituted for the standard maize starch. Caecal SCFA pools were larger in rats fed either RS with the greatest increase being in acetate in rats fed Starch A. Other acids (succinate and formate) appeared with increasing incorporation of RS. However, when the experiment was performed with a commercial diet, feeding Starch A or HAMS did not lead to any great increase in these other acids but SCFA pools expanded. The greatest increase in acetate was in rats fed Starch A. This suggests that other factors were necessary for optimal RS fermentation but not for release of acetate from Starch A. Comparison of the effects of Starch A and HAMS on SCFA suggests that the former was at least 100% more effective than HAMS at equivalent dietary intakes, despite similarities in RS content. Incubation of Starch A with caecal bacterial enzymes confirmed that release of acetate was relatively slow, indicating a capacity of this modified starch for sustained SCFA delivery in vivo.     

Effect of Pullulanase Debranching of Sago (Metroxylon sagu) Starch at Subgelatinization Temperature on the Yield of Resistant Starch

The effects of pullulanase debranching of sago (Metroxylon sagu) starch in the granular state and subsequent physical treatments on the formation and yield of type III resistant starch (RS 3) have been investigated. Sago starch was enzymatically debranched with pullulanase at 60°C and at pH 5.0 using different enzyme concentrations (24, 30, 40, 50 PUN/g dry starch) which was added to 20% (w/v) starch slurry and incubated for 0 to 48 h. Optimum enzyme concentration of 40 PUN/g dry starch and three debranching times (8, 16 and 24 h) have been selected for subsequent preparation of RS. Granule morphology and molecular weight distribution (MWD) of the debranched and resistant starch were examined. Debranched starch samples showed blurred birefringence patterns, a decrease in amylopectin fraction, an increase in low molecular weight fraction and a broadening of MWD. Debranched starch samples with a maximum RS yield of 7% were obtained at 8 h debranching time. Temperature cycling and incubation at certain temperature and storage time enhanced the formation of RS. Under the conditions used in this study, the optimum conditions to obtain the highest RS yield (11.6%) were 8 h of debranching time, followed by incubation at 80°C for seven days. The MWD analysis showed that RS consisted of material with relatively low degree of polymerization. This study showed that pullulanase treatment of starch in the granular state resulted in limited debranching of amylopectin but the subsequent physical treatments (incubation time/temperature) can be manipulated to promote crystallization and enhance formation of RS 3.     

Starch Structure and Digestibility of Rice High in Resistant Starch

Starch digestibility and starch structure of a high‐resistant starch (RS) rice (RS111) was compared to that of a wild rice type (R7954). RS111 exhibited high RS content and incomplete starch hydrolysis in both cooked rice and retrograded rice flour. High RS rice RS111 had a higher λ_max of absorbance and blue value of iodine‐binding starch complex and contained a higher percentage of intermediate chains of amylopectin than R/954. X‐ray diffraction pattern of RS isolated from cooked high RS rice displayed a mixture of B‐ and V‐type that was more resistant to starch hydrolysis by alpha‐amylase. Resistant starch in RS111 is composed mainly of linear amylose and some low‐molecular‐weight amylopectin.     

茶多酚-高直链玉米淀粉共研磨混合物的制备与结构表征

为了提高抗性淀粉的含量,以茶多酚(TPs)和高直链玉米淀粉(HAMS)为原料,利用研磨技术制备茶多酚-淀粉共研磨混合物,通过X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜和热重分析对其结构、形貌和热稳定性进行表征,并采用模拟体外消化方法对其营养片段(快消化淀粉、慢消化淀粉、抗性淀粉)进行评价。X-射线衍射表明,随着球磨时间的延长,所得共研物中淀粉的结晶衍射峰强度逐渐减弱,经3 h球磨的处理后,淀粉的结晶度由38.1%降低到8.3%。扫描电镜结果表明:淀粉颗粒膨胀,颗粒形状发生形变,表面变得相对粗糙,部分颗粒发生破裂,茶多酚与淀粉在共研磨过程中发生聚集粘连。热重分析结果表明,所得共研磨物较高直链玉米淀粉的稳定性低,但比茶多酚的热稳定性高。经共研磨处理后,当TPs与HAMS质量比由1:50增加到1:10时,所得共研磨物的抗性淀粉含量由6.31%±0.88%增加到31.92%±1.53%。经过共研磨处理后茶多酚-高直链玉米淀粉共研磨混合物的结晶度降低,形态发生变化,表面变得粗糙,颗粒黏连,热稳定性降低,抗性淀粉的含量增加。     

The impact of resistant starch on characteristics of gluten-free dough and bread

The study focused on partial replacement in gluten-free breads of corn starch with tapioca and corn resistant starch preparations. The use of resistant starch resulted in the increase of storage and loss moduli of the dough, and the lowering of loss tangent, which indicates its more elastic character. The incorporation of resistant starch reduced creep and recovery compliance and elevated zero shear viscosity. Modified doughs displayed higher starch gelatinization temperatures and lower viscosities that were proportional to the share of RS. It was found that the loaves baked with the share of resistant starch had less hard crumb than bread without RS addition. The crumb hardness diminished with the increasing amount of applied RS preparation. The addition of resistant starch raised total dietary fibre, by up to 89%, as compared to control (bread without RS addition). The most pronounced change was observed for insoluble dietary fibre (increase 137%), while only slight increase was found for its soluble fraction (18%).     

Formation of Resistant Starch in Corn Starch and Estimation of its Content from Physicochemical Properties

The effect of autoclaving temperatures (100‐120°C) on yields of enzyme‐resistant starch (RS) from normal corn starch and the physicochemical properties of autoclaved‐cooled starches were studied. The RS content increased linearly with increasing autoclaving temperature (R² = 0.993) and the number of autoclaving‐cooling cycles at an autoclaving temperature of 120°C. The effect of the number of autoclaving‐cooling cycles was more pronounced than that of temperature. The swollen starch weight measured at 60°C slightly increased as the RS content increased, and then drastically decreased with the continous increase of the RS content (R² = ‐0.969). As the RS content increased, all parameters of Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) viscosity except breakdown decreased. Log RVA peak viscosity showed a negative correlation with the RS content (R² = ‐0.986). The enthalpy in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) endotherm corresponding to the transitions of RS linearly increased as the RS content increased (R² = 0.988). The RS content of the heat‐treated starch estimated from the relationship between RS content and swollen starch weight at 60°C, log RVA peak viscosity or DSC enthalpy was in good agreement with that determined with the standard method.     

Effect of Fiber Degrading Enzymes on Wet Milling and Starch Properties of Different Types of Sorghums an Maize

A factorial experiment (4 × 2 × 2) was carried out to study the effect of a fiber degrading enzyme complex on starch yield, SO₂ steeping time and starch properties of normal red sorghum (RS), heterowaxy (WHWx) and waxy (WWx) white sorghums compared to regular yellow maize (YM). Starch yields and total starch recovery for the sorghums ranged from 53–64% and 70–85%, respectively. Sorghum starch recovery values were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than maize (66% starch yield and 88% recovery). However, the WWx yielded more starch with lower protein and ash contents (P < 0.05) than the RS and WHWx sorghums. In the RS, the fiber degrading enzymes reduced steep time while owing the same starch recovery. The WWx starch required lower temperature to initiate gelatinization and had higher peak viscosities and lower retrogradation than the other starches. The WHWx starch had intermediate viscoamylograph properties between the regular and waxy starches.     

山西谷子全粉淀粉指标间相关性及消化特性研究

本文主要研究了77个山西谷子全粉样品中淀粉组分的相关性以及淀粉消化特性。分别测定了谷子金粉中淀粉、直链淀粉和抗性淀粉(RS)含量。制备谷子淀粉并分析了淀粉中快速消化淀粉(RDS)、慢速消化淀粉(SDS)、RS的含量以及淀粉消化指数(SDI)和持续消化淀粉(LS)。结果表明:各品种间RS含量差异性较大;全谷物以及制备得到的淀粉所测定的备指标间相关性较强。其中。谷子中RS与直链淀粉相关性最强(r=0.885),对谷子中RS聚类分析后发现。RS与直链淀粉近似呈线性相关(r=0.954)。对谷子淀粉体外消化研究表明:黄谷(2010)等品种中SDS舍量较高,晋谷21号(2010)等品种中RS含量较高,而陇谷10号(2012)等品种中LS含量相对较高,这些品种适用于糖尿病等人群食用或有助于开发相关降糖产品。