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Plantain flours as potential raw materials for the development of gluten-free functional foods
1Grupo de Materiales Compuestos Termoplásticos (CoMP), Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales (INTEMA), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP) y Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Colón 10850, B7608FLC, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Abstract:
Plantain flour (Musa ssp., group AAB, sub-group clone Harton) was modified by acetylation, carboxymethylation, methylation, oxidation and phosphation, in order to determine which of these modifications produce a material with potential for the development of gluten-free products with improved nutritional properties. The structural, rheological and nutritional properties of the modified flours were investigated. The phosphated plantain flour, cross-linked with sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP), had a lower in vitro digestibility rate associated with resistant starch (RS) types RS2, RS4 and RS5. This latter was confirmed by the formation of the amylose-lipid complex as determined by XRD. All the flours tested had a C-type structure with the exception of the methylated plantain flour which produced a large quantity of reaction by-product (BaSO4). The phosphated plantain flour represents a raw material with great potential for the development of gluten-free food (bread and cookie) with functional properties, i.e. health benefits.
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