“…20,23,24 This dilemma was somewhat reversed when the thermostable a-amylase was introduced into cereal extrusion (mainly to achieve a high degree of starch gelatinization and liquefaction in the industries of starch saccharication, cake making, ethanol fermentation and liquor brewing) because the phenolics seem to be indirectly protected both in free and bound forms. 3,19,25,26 The mechanism of rapid starch gelatinization coupled with total phenolic retention during bioextrusion is still ambiguous, in spite of the otherwise complex impact of extrusion processing (without an enzyme catalyst) on the chemical and antioxidative prole, considering the multiple operating factors of temperature, moisture content, shear force, local friction and mechanical energy. 18 Thus it is worth following the idea of modeling reaction kinetics for food ingredients in extrusion cooking that have been developed separately for starch gelatinization and degradation, 15,16,[27][28][29] amino acid loss, 30 vitamin destruction 31,32 and phenolic compounds.…”