Protein concentrates and by-products produced from ground wheat were analyzed for amino acid composition, protein, starch, fat, fiber, ash, and various neutral carbohydrates. The concentrates contained from 83 to 92% protein (nitrogen X 5.7), 2.1 to 2.6 g of lysine, 2.5 to 3.5 g of total sulfur amino acids per 16 g of nitrogen, 1.5 to 7.4% fat, 0.9% ash, and from 1.8 to 3.9% total carbohydrate....

The branched glucans glycogen and starch are the most widespread storage carbohydrates in living organisms. The production of semicrystalline starch granules in plants is more complex than that of small, soluble glycogen particles in microbes and animals. However, the factors determining whether glycogen or starch is formed are not fully understood. The tropical tree Cecropia peltata is a rare ...

The properties of blends of banana, potato, and rice starches were studied to assess their suitability as an alternate for chemically modified starches. The blends of banana, potato, and rice starches were prepared in the respective ratio of 1:3:2, 3:2:1, and 2:1:3. The blend with higher proportion of banana and rice starches (BPR213) showed highest water absorption capacity and oil absorption ...

The effects of gamma irradiation, stearic acid alone and in combination on functional, structural and molecular characteristics of high amylose maize starch (Hylon VII) were studied. Stearic acid (0, 1.5 & 5 %) was added to Hylon VII starch, and then irradiated at 0, 30 and 60 kGy. Gamma irradiation significantly (P ≤ 0.05) increased solubility, water absorption capacity and oil absorption capa...

Proximate composition, pH and amylose content of ripe Cavendish banana flour (RBF) prepared in this study were compared with all-purpose wheat flour (WF). RBF was found to be significantly (P < 0.05) higher in total carbohydrates and minerals content, while significantly (P < 0.05) lower in protein and fat contents compared with those of WF. Wheat-ripe banana composite flours (W-RBF) prepared b...

The main objective of the research work is to improve the solubility and dissolution rate of olmesartan medoxomil by complexation with -Cyclodextrins. The inclusion complexes were prepared by kneading method. The prepared complexes were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The FTIR and XRD spectra o...

Objectives: To analyze the effect of potato starch infrared heating (IR) and functional characteristics film. Methods: Potato was heated by IR heater at different time intervals (45 min, 65 min 85 min) used to develop polymer films addition glycerol as a plasticizing agent. The surface temperature bed thickness measured using thermal imaging camera. varied from 72.77oC 80.83oC. properties devel...

Starches were isolated from soaked and malted sorghum and studied to understand their physicochemical and functional properties. The swelling power (SP) and the water solubility index (WSI) of both starches were nearly similar at temperatures below 50 °C, but at more than 50 °C, the starch isolated from malted sorghum showed lower SP and high WSI than those isolated from raw and soaked sorghum....

Starches obtained from different cultivars of sweet potatoes commonly consumed in Sri Lanka, were chemically modified with hydroxypropyl substitution, to analyze the changes in the physicochemical properties. Significant changes (P < 0.05) in the crude digestibility level, thermal properties, and the water separation (syneresis) of starch gels (7.0% db) during cold and frozen storage were obser...

The major component of starch is the branched glucan amylopectin. Structural features of amylopectin, such as the branching pattern and the chain length distribution, are thought to be key factors that enable it to form semicrystalline starch granules. We varied both structural parameters by creating Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants lacking combinations of starch synthases (SSs) SS1, ...