Behaviour of Oxidized Starches Towards Cyanoethylation

Starch of different molecular sizes brought about by oxidation of maize and rice starches were cyanoethylated under identical conditions. The degree of cyanoethylation, expressed as % N, was found to depend mainly on the molecular size of starch irrespective of its kind. As the molecular size decreases the degree of cyanoethylation increases. Cyanoethyl starches are water soluble and can be precipitated by ethanol. It was also found that the rheological properties are determined by the nitrogen content of cyanoethyl starch. When the latter acquires low nitrogen content, it exhibits non-Newtonian pseudoplastic behaviour. On the other hand, cyanoethyl starches with higher nitrogen content are characterized by non-Newtonian thixotropic. At constant rate of shear, the apparent viscosity of cyanoethyl starches is directly related to its molecular size. Storing of pastes prepared from these cyanoethyl starches for 7 d exerts considerable influence on rheological properties and apparent viscosity of these derivatives.     

The Combined Effect of Oxidation and Carbamoylethylation on the Rheological Properties of Maize and Rice Starches

The combined effect of oxidation and etherification on the molecular structure of starch was investigated. Maize and rice starches were used. Oxidation was effected using sodium hypochlorite while etherification was performed by reacting starch with acrylamide in presence of sodium hydroxide; this reaction is known as carbamoylethylation. The extent of the latter, expressed as % N, was found to increase by decreasing the molecular size of starch through oxidation. The carbamoylethyl starches so obtained could be precipitated by ethanol and they are soluble in water irrespective of the kind of starch. On the other hand, results of rheological properties indicated that they are governed mainly by the molecular size of starch. Oxidized starches with relatively high molecular size exhibit thixotropic behaviour. The degree of thixotropy decreases and changes into pseudoplasticity as the molecular size of starch decreases. The results also indicated that at constant rate of shear the apparent viscosity of carbamoylethyl starches decreases as the molecular size decreases. Furthermore, the rheological properties of carbamoylethyl starch pastes undergo considerable changes and so does the apparent viscosity when these pastes were stored for 3 days.     

Oxidation of Maize and Rice Starches Using Sodium Chlorite Along with Formaldehyde

Maize and rice starches were independently oxidized with sodium chlorite in absence and presence of formaldehyde. The treatment was carried out under different conditions including sodium chlorite and formaldehyde concentrations and duration. Since the treatment involves degradation of starch via oxidation, the treated starch samples were monitored for carboxyl and carbonyl contents as well as apparent viscosity at different rates of shear. Results obtained indicated that with both starches the percent chlorite decomposed increases as the formaldehyde concentration increases within the range studied (0.0–0.3 g/100 starch). The same holds true for the duration of oxidation (15–90min). The apparent viscosity of starch before and after oxidation decreases as the rate of shear increases. Maize starch is more susceptible to oxidation than rice starch. When applied as sizing agents for cotton textiles oxidized starches derived from maize and rice starch display better performance than the unoxidized starch but with the superiority of the sizeability and desizeability of oxidized maize starch.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Hypochlorite Oxidized Starches

Egyptian rice and maize starches were treated with sodium hypochlorite at different concentrations. The oxidized starches so obtained were monitored for carboxyl content and rheological properties. In addition, the extent and rate of the oxidation reaction was assessed by investigating the chlorine consumption. Results indicated that the extent and rate of oxidation of rice starch, expressed as chlorine consumption, are much higher than those of maize starch. The opposite holds true for the carboxyl content. Pastes of rice and maize starches before and after oxidation exhibit non-Newtonian thixotropic behaviour but their apparent viscosity decreases by increasing the hypochlorite concentration. At any event, however, the apparent viscosity of rice starch is substantially higher than that of maize starch. Storing the pastes for 24 h adversely affect the apparent viscosity particularly with oxidized starches prepared using higher hypochlorite concentrations.     

颗粒状冷水可溶淀粉糊性质的研究

在常压下,用醇解法制备了不同溶解度的颗粒状冷水可溶淀粉系列,并对玉米、木薯和马铃薯原淀粉及其不同溶解度的颗粒状冷水可溶淀粉糊的性质进行了研究。试验证明,相对于原淀粉糊,醇解法制备的颗粒状冷水可溶玉米淀粉糊的表观粘度和冻融稳定性有所提高,凝沉性降低;颗粒状冷水可溶木薯和马铃薯淀粉糊的表观粘度、凝沉性和冻融稳定性均降低。三种颗粒状冷水可溶淀粉糊的透明度大大提高,且随着溶解度提高其透明度增大。     

颗粒冷水可溶亲脂性玉米淀粉的制备及性质研究

该研究以玉米淀粉为原料,首先利用酒精-碱法对其α-化,在此基础上,以辛烯基琥珀酸酐(octenyl succinic anhydride,OSA)为酯化剂,在干法条件下制备出颗粒冷水可溶亲脂性淀粉,所得产品取代度最高可达0.0192。通过分析试验制备的颗粒冷水可溶玉米淀粉和颗粒冷水可溶亲脂性玉米淀粉的透明度、冻融稳定性、凝沉性、黏度、流变学特性,并进一步探索这些特性与产品取代度之间的关系。结果表明:这两种淀粉的性质比原淀粉有显著的改善,后者又比前者具有良好的性质,随着取代度的增大,颗粒冷水可溶亲脂性玉米淀粉的透明度增强,冻融稳定性提高,凝沉性降低,表观黏度增加;流变学分析显示两种淀粉呈现出假塑性流体的性质,表观黏度随着剪切速率的增加而降低。     

Technological Evaluation of Nitrogen Containing Starch Derivatives as Sizing Agents

The structural changes brought about by introducing different nitrogen containing groups via cyanoethylation, carbamoylethylation and carbamation in the molecules of rice and maize starches and oxidized starches derived thereof and the onset of these changes on the technical properties of yarns sized with such starch products were investigated. It was found that the apparent viscosity of pastes prepared from those products depends on the nature of starch, the degree of oxidation prior to chemical modification, the nature of modification as well as the measuring conditions, i. e. the rate of shear and temperature. Cotton yarns sized using these starch derivatives were measured for yarn number, tensile strength, C.V.%, elongation at break and C.V.% in elongation. Besides, the weavability test expressed as the minimum number of cycles due to abrasion (St₁) and average number of cycles due to abrasion (St₆) were investigated. A comparison among modified starches prepared from rice starch would reveral that the highest value of St₁ is obtained with yarns sized using carbamoylethylated sample derived from unoxidized starch. With maize starch, on the other hand, the highest value of St₁ is obtained with cotton yarns sized using carbamoylethylated starch derived from starch oxidized by 1 g/l active chlorine.     

Isolation,composition, morphological and pasting properties of starches from rice cultivars grown in Nigeria

The isolation, composition, morphology and pasting properties of rice starches from different rice cultivars (N2R, Nerica II rice; IGR, Igbemo rice; ILR, Ilaje rice; and EAR, Efon Alaye rice) were studied. The starches were isolated from their flours by using a modified deproteination method in 0.1% NaOH. The highest starch yield of 65% was obtained from EAR with a residual protein of 0.41% and lowest starch yield of 45.70% from IGR with a residual protein of 0.42%. The AAM concentration of rice starches ranged from 21.88 to 26.04%. The sizes of the starch granules obtained from SEM were between 3 and 8 µm, some of the granules were individual (single) while others were fused (compound granules). The starch granules were small, polygonal and irregular in shape. The pasting parameters were evaluated using rapid visco analyser (RVA). Significant differences were observed in individual pasting parameters such as peak viscosity (PV), breakdown viscosity (BV), final viscosity (FV) and setback viscosity (SV). Cooked ILR starch had the highest PV (279.69 RVU; rapid viscosity units) and BV (52.50 RVU) when compared to the other starches. In contrast, N2R showed the highest FV (329.92 RVU) and SV (102.50 RVU), the latter due to the high concentration of AAM. The results revealed that cultivar has an effect on composition and pasting properties of rice starch.     

Preparation and Characterization of Carboxymethyl Starch (CMS) Products and Their Utilization in Textile Printing

Starch and oxidized starches of different molecular sises were carboxymethylated under identical conditions. The degree of substitution (DS) of the so obtained. CMS samples increases by decreasing the molecular sise of starch which, indeed, is a manifestation of higher extents of oxidation. The latter was effected using different sodium hypochlorite concentrations and the extent of oxidation was expressed as chlorine consumption. Pastes of these CMS samples exhibit pseudoplastic behaviour and their apparent viscosity decreases as the extent of oxidation increases, when used as thickeners in printing polyester fabric with disperse dyes, these pastes bring about prints the colour strength (K/S) of which are comparable with these for conventional thickeners, namely commercial CMS and sodium alginate. Mixing of sodium alginate with the prepared CMS samples increases the efficiency of the latter to act as the thickening agent. The highest K/S is obtained with CMS derived from starch oxidized using 1.25g active chlorine/1. Mean while, the colour fastness properties of the prints towards rubbing, washing and perspiration are nearly equal to those fabrics printed using the conventional thickeners such as sodium alginate or commercial CMS.     

Physico‐chemical Characterization of Grain Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] Starch

Starch isolated from five grain tef (Eragrostis tef) varieties was characterized and compared with commercial maize starch. Grain tef starch is formed of compound granules, comprising many polygonal shape (2—6 μm in diameter) simple granules. The crude composition is similar to that of normal native cereal starches. The amylose content ranges from 24.9—31.7%. Gelatinisation temperature range was 68.0—74.0—80.0 °C, typical of tropical cereal starches, and resembling the temperature range of rice starch. The mean intrinsic peak viscosity (269 RVU), breakdown viscosity (79 RVU), cold paste viscosity (292 RVU) and setback viscosity (101 RVU) determined were considerably lower than that of maize starch. Tef starch has higher water absorption index (WAI) (mean 108%) and lower water solubility index (WSI) (mean 0.34%) than maize starch.     

Physical Basis for Separation of Rice Starch using Various Density Gradient Systems and its Effect on Starch Recovery,Purity, and Pasting Properties

A 32% waxy and non waxy rice flour slurry containing starch‐protein agglomerates was physically disrupted in presence of water by use of high pressure homogenizer called Microfluidizer®. Microfluidized rice flour slurry from passes 2 and 4 was collected followed by isolation of starch using three different density gradient solutions/systems (CeCl, NaCl/sucrose and ZnSO₄·7H₂ O). Complete deagglomeration was obtained after passing the rice flour slurry four times through the Microfluidizer®. The recovery of isolated starch varied from 76.28% to 91.20% for different density gradient systems. The degree of deagglomeration did not seem to affect recovery but affected the purity of the isolated starches. All starches produced from pass 4 rice slurry resulted in starches with residual protein below 0.5%. Higher density of the gradient solution resulted in higher recovery and purity of starch. The isolation method had a significant effect on the pasting properties of the isolated starch. Residual protein in isolated starch had a negative correlation with peak viscosity and setback of pass 2 waxy and nonwaxy starches. The salts were retained in purified starch despite rigorous washing (at least 75 times greater than the control) and could affect starch properties.     

Gelatinization of Starch in Aqueous Alkaline Solutions

The effect of kind and concentration of alkali on the gelatinization of maize, rice and wheat starches were thoroughly investigated. No gelatinization could be observed on using the carbonate and/or bicarbonate of sodium and potassium even on using their saturated solutions, while both sodium and potassium hydroxides undergo gelatinization. Gelatinization of starch occurs immediately at a concentration of sodium hydroxide of 1.2%, while clear gelatinized pastes could be obtained at 4% or more. Infra-red spectra of maize and rice starches before and after alkali treatment reveal that treatment of starch with sodium hydroxide is accompanied by some physicochemical changes in the structure of starch. The rheological properties as well as the apparent viscosity of the gelatinized starch pastes depend on the kind of starch as well as the nature and concentration of alkali used.     

Properties of Rice Starch from Paddy Stored in Cold and at Room Temperature

Brabender viscograms of rice flour from aged paddy (stored at room temperature, RT 20°-33°C for 15 months) of two high amylose finegrain cultivars showed higher paste viscosities than that from the paddy stored at 4°-6°C (cold) for the same period. The differences were almost eliminated in case of isolated starches. The total amylose content was same for the starches from both aged (RT stored and cold stored) paddy. However, the hot water soluble amylose content was less in starches from „aged”︁ paddy. The number average molecular weight (M _n) as well as the swelling power and solubility of the starches from RT stored (aged) paddy were also less indicating that the aging of rice could partly be associated with the changes in the physicochemical properties of its starch.     

Preparation and Properties of Physically Modified Banana Starch Prepared by Alcoholic‐Alkaline Treatment

Granular cold‐water‐soluble (GCWS) starches were prepared from banana starch treating it with 40 and 60% aqueous ethanol at two controlled temperatures (25 and 35 °C). GCWS starches prepared at 25 °C and with 40 and 60% aqueous ethanol had the lowest cold‐water solubility, that prepared with 40% aqueous ethanol at 35 °C and stored at room temperature showed low tendency to retrogradation, as assessed by transmittance. Solubility and swelling profiles were similar for GCWS starches and the freeze‐thaw stability of GCWS starches was increased as compared with native starch. The apparent viscosity of GCWS banana starches was higher than that of its native starch counterpart.     

淀粉的慢消化性能与酶水解速率研究

研究了体外模拟条件下不同淀粉中营养片断,同时建立了酶水解动力学方程来探讨慢消化性能与酶水解速率的关系。结果表明,相比马铃薯与绿豆淀粉,玉米、蜡质玉米、小麦、糯米、大米等谷物淀粉属于理想的慢消化淀粉,它们的酶动力学水解速率小于1h-1,而马铃薯与绿豆淀粉的水解速率大于1h-1。淀粉的水解过程的反应动力学速率比Englyst法更能准确反映淀粉的消化性能。     

Functional Properties of Modified Black Gram (Phaseolus mungo L.) Starch

Black gram (Phaseolus mungo L.) starch was modified by heat and moisture treatments, acetylation, oxidation, cross-linking, and adding free fatty acids (palmitic, stearic, and linoleic). Heat and low moisture treatment, acetylation, oxidation, and cross-linking lowered the starch gelatinization temperature by 1–6°C, while adding fatty acids and the high moisture-heat treatment raised it by 1–4°C. All modifications caused an increase in least gelation concentration of starch. High moisture-heat treatment increased both water and oil absorption of starch. At 95°C, heat-moisture treated, acetylated, and oxidized starches were more soluble, while fatty acid treated and cross-linked starches were less soluble compared to raw starch. The modified starches had greater swelling capacity and solubility at pH 2.0 and 10.0. Heat-moisture treated and chemically modified starches had lower swelling capacity (at 95°C) than that of isolated starch, whereas addition of fatty acids increased it.     

Characterization of nanoparticles prepared by acid hydrolysis of various starches

Various starches of different AM contents and origins such as wx maize, normal maize, high AM maize, potato, and mungbean starches were hydrolyzed using a H₂SO₄ solution (3.16 M) at 40°C for 7 days, and the starch particles were isolated from the hydrolysates by centrifugation. The hydrolysis rates varied from 61.4 to 90.9% depending on the starch type. Unexpectedly, A‐type starches were more resistant to the acid hydrolysis than B‐type starches. XRD results revealed that the starch particles with B‐crystalline type exhibited a decrease in peak intensity. In addition, in a DSC analysis, the crystals remaining in the B‐type starch particles were readily disrupted in the water dispersion so that no melting endotherm appeared. Electron microscopy confirmed that the starch particles had round or oval shapes with diameters ranging from 40 to 70 nm, which possibly represented the starch blocklets in granules. The acid degraded mainly AM and long AP chains, resulting in increasing the proportion of short chains.     

几种不同品种淀粉及羟丙基产物糊液性质比较研究

以薯类淀粉(木薯,马铃薯)及禾谷类淀粉(普通玉米、蜡质玉米、高直链玉米及糯米)为原料,以环氧丙烷为醚化剂。制备了羟丙基变性淀粉。反应条件:淀粉乳质量分数40%、反应温度40℃、无水Na_2SO_4添加量12%(以淀粉干基计)、NaOH添加量1.2%、环氧丙烷添加量12%、反应时间18h。分别对原淀粉及在相同的反应条件下制备的羟丙基变性淀粉糊性质做了对比研究。不同品种淀粉糊性质存在很大差别。经过羟丙基改性。淀粉糊液粘度性质、冻融稳定性、透光率、都有不同程度的改善,但凝沉性质不能准确反映羟丙基化对蜡质玉米淀粉和糯米淀粉糊液性质的改善。     

变性淀粉的流变学特性及在鱼糜制品加工中的应用

对木薯变性淀粉的流变学特性和数学模型进行研究,以掌握其流动规律,并分析流变学特性与鱼糜凝胶特性的相关关系。结果表明：不同木薯变性淀粉水溶液均呈假塑性流体特征。用Arrhenius 方程可以较好地描述温度对变性淀粉流动特性的影响。变性淀粉溶液的流动特性越偏离牛顿流体,黏度系数越大,所制得的鱼糜凝胶特性越好。     

蜡质大米淀粉性质的研究

对蜡质大米淀粉的性质进行了研究，结果发现：与普通大米淀粉相比，蜡质大米淀粉的透明度要高，透明度随时间的稳定性要好；在几种介质中，蜡质大米淀粉均无沉降现象发生，常温稳定性较好；在蒸馏水中，蜡质大米淀粉在蒸馏水中经过两次冻融循环的析水率较高，在其他介质中均表现出了较好的冻融稳定性；淀粉糊为假塑性流体，不抗剪切，几种介质对粘度产生了不同的影响。