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Analysis and Specification of Starch Granule Size Distributions
Published on: March 4, 2021
Effects of Different Gluten Proteins on Starch's Structural and Physicochemical Properties during Heating and Their
Tao Yang1, Pei Wang1, Qin Zhou1
1College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China.
Abstract:
Starch-gluten interactions are affected by biopolymer type and processing. However, the differentiation mechanisms for gluten-starch interactions during heating have not been illuminated. The effects of glutens from two different wheat flours (a weak-gluten (Yangmai 22, Y22) and a medium-strong gluten (Yangmai 16, Y16)) on starch's (S) structural and physicochemical properties during heating and their molecular interactions were investigated in this study. The results showed that gluten hindered the gelatinization and swelling of starch during heating when temperature was below 75 °C, due to competitive hydration and physical barriers of glutens, especially in Y22. Thus, over-heating caused the long-range molecular order and amylopectin branches of starch to be better preserved in the Y22-starch mixture (Y22-S) than in the Y16-starch mixture (Y16-S). Meanwhile, the starch's degradation pattern during heating in turn influenced the polymerization of both glutens. During heating, residual amylopectin branching points restricted the aggregation and cross-linking of gluten proteins due to steric hindrance. More intense interaction between Y16 and starch during heating mitigated the steric hindrance in starch-gluten networks, which was due to more residual short-range ordered starch and hydrogen bonds involved in the formation of starch-gluten networks in Y16-S during heating.
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