Characterization of underutilized root starches from eight varieties of ramie (Boehmeria nivea) grown in China

Ren, Yinhui; Wei, Qiwei; Chen, Hualan; Shi, Laiquan; Sheng, Wenjing; Zhang, Zhonghua; Li, Yaling; Huang, Chengjian; Wei, Cunxu

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.126

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“…Starch is obtained mainly from conventional sources such as maize, rice, potato and cassava. With the increasing demand of starch in food and non-food industries, nonconventional and underutilized starch sources of roots, root tubers, tubers, rhizomes, bulbs, fruits and pseudocereal have been reported in recent years [1,[5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Structural, Thermal, Pasting and Digestion Properties of Starches from Developing Root Tubers of Sweet Potato

Wang,

Feng,

Guo

et al. 2024

Foods

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Three sweet potato varieties with white-, yellow- and purple-fleshed root tubers were harvested at 100, 120, 140 and 160 days after planting (DAP). Their starch structural, thermal, pasting and digestion properties were measured to reveal the influences of harvesting dates on the physicochemical properties of sweet potato root tuber starch. Though starches from different varieties displayed some differences in physicochemical properties due to their different genetic backgrounds, they were influenced by harvesting date in similar ways. Starches isolated from root tubers at 100 and 160 DAP exhibited lower granule sizes than those at 120 and 140 DAP. The amylose content was higher in root tubers at 100 and 120 DAP than at 140 and 160 DAP. Starches from root tubers at 100 DAP exhibited CA-type X-ray diffraction patterns, and then the B-type crystallinity gradually increased at later harvesting dates. The different harvesting dates had no significant effects on the short-ranged ordered structure and lamellar thickness of starch, but the lamellar peak intensity decreased significantly at later harvesting dates. Starch had a lower gelatinization temperature and a wider gelatinization temperature range in root tubers at 140 and 160 DAP than at 100 and 120 DAP. The higher peak viscosity and lower pasting temperature were associated with the late harvesting date. The digestion of starch had slight differences among root tubers at different harvesting dates. The harvesting dates of root tubers played more important roles in starch properties than the variety. This study would be helpful for breeders, farmers and sweet potato starch users.

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