Chemical Composition and Microstructure of Two Naked Waxy Barleys

Two naked waxy barley cultivars, Bz 489-30 and Prowashonupana were analysed in order to study the chemical composition and the microstructure. Prowashonupana contained more protein, fat and ash, and less starch than Bz 489-30. The content of mixed-linked β-glucan was almost three times higher in Prowashonupana (14·9%) than in Bz 489-30 (5·6%), but extractability at 40 °C was much lower. Microscopy studies showed that kernels and endosperm cells of Prowashonupana were irregular, and that cell walls were thicker with a higher content of mixed-linked β-glucan than in Bz 489-30. In both barleys the sub-aleurone layer contained black starch granules, indicating a higher amylose content in this structure compared to the rest of the kernel. Starch was isolated from both barleys using two different procedures and analysed for amylose content. The amylose content was higher, while volume % of A-granules was lower and mean diameter of A-granules was smaller in starch isolated from Prowashonupana than from Bz 489-30. Both composition and yield of starch were however influenced by the isolation procedure used. The procedure which gave higher starch yield resulted in a higher amylose content, probably because of greater recovery of starch from outer parts of the kernel with a higher amylose content.     

Amylose and Lipid Contents,Amylopectin Structure,and Gelatinisation Properties of Waxy Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Starch

Starch was isolated from the endosperm of three recently developed waxy wheat lines and their parents. Their amylose and lipid contents, amylopectin structures and gelatinisation properties were evaluated. The endosperm starch from waxy wheat lines is composed essentially of amylopectin. The apparent amylose (1·2–2·0 g/100 g) and lipid contents (0·12–0·29 g/100 g) are much lower than the apparent amylose (26·0–28·4 g/100 g) and lipid contents (1·05–1·17 g/100 g) of their non-waxy parents. The amylopectin of waxy wheat lines is structurally identical to that of the parents. The peak gelatinisation temperature and gelatinisation enthalpy for waxy starch are significantly higher than for non-waxy starch, but the gelatinisation enthalpy for the amylopectin fraction of waxy starch is nearly identical to that of non-waxy starch.     

Effect of Barley and Barley Components on Rheological Properties of Wheat Dough

The effects of addition of whole barley and barley components (starch, β-glucans and arabinoxylans) on rheological properties of dough prepared from wheat flours with variable gluten quality (cv. Glenlea, extra-strong; cv. Katepwa, very strong; cv. AC Karma, strong; and cv. AC Reed, weak) were investigated in these studies using Mixograph and dynamic rheological measurements. Whole barley meal, starch and non-starch polysaccharides from hulless barley with variable starch characteristics (normal, high amylose, waxy, and zero amylose waxy) were tested. Upon addition of either β-glucans or arabinoxylans, significant increases in peak dough resistance, mixing stability, and work input were recorded in all flours. The addition of starch to various wheat flours reduced the strength of the respective flour-water doughs. The improvement of dough strength upon addition of waxy or zero amylose waxy barley meal was associated with the high content of total and soluble β-glucans present in barley samples. The addition of arabinoxylans or β-glucans increased the G′ of wheat doughs; arabinoxylans had a greater effect than β-glucans. Starch substantially decreased the elastic modulus of dough prepared from cv. Glenlea but waxy and high amylose starches increased the G′ of dough prepared from cv. AC Karma. A combination of the high amounts of non-starch polysaccharides and unusual starch characteristics in barley seems to balance the negative effects associated with gluten dilution brought about by addition of barley into wheat flour.     

Fragmentation of Oat and Barley Starch Granules During Heating

The structural differences between oat and barley starches were investigated by analysing starch polymers released from the granules and the granule residues during heating. When the temperature was increased from 85 to 97 °C the amount of leached carbohydrates increased from 6·1–8·7% to 36·1–37·4%. Concurrently, the lysophospholipid content of the granule residues decreased from 0·87–1·0% to 0·35–0·46%, indicating that lysophospholipids were also present in the solubilised fraction. Oat and barley starch dispersions preheated to 95 °C were further fractionated by sequential centrifugation. After the first centrifugation of both starches, 68–70% of the carbohydrate in the supernatant was amylose. After recentrifugation, an insoluble fraction with a high amylose to lipid ratio was obtained. Oat and barley starches showed similar fractionation behaviour, but the molecular weight of the solubilised oat starch was somewhat higher.     

Influence of the Hulless,Waxy Starch and Short-awn Genes on the Composition of Barleys

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of genotype on chemical components of barley which influence nutritional value. Six barley (Hordeum vulgareL.) isotypes, expressed in Compana (CI 5438) and Betzes (CI 6398) cultivars with genetic combinations non-waxy (WXWX) and waxy (wxwx) starch in covered (NN) and hulless (nn) kernels and long-awn (LK₂LK₂) and short-awn (lk₂lk₂) traits, were grown in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Analyses were made for protein, fat, starch, free sugars, total dietary fibre (TDF ), TDF components and extract viscosity. The hulless gene reduced TDF by preventing the hulls from adhering to the kernel, thus concentrating the remaining components. Waxy barleys contained less (P<0·001) starch, but more (P<0·001) free sugars and ether extract (P<0·001). Increased (P<0·02) TDF in waxy barleys was due to an increase (P<0·001) in total and soluble β-glucans. The short-awn gene had no effect other than to increase (P<0·04) extract viscosity, and to reduce test weight (P<0·008) and % plump kernels (P<0·03). The expression of the hulless and waxy genes in barley is desirable for use in human food products due to increased levels of soluble dietary fibre, particularly β-glucans, but reduces malting potential and feed value for poultry.     

Effects on Grain and Malting Quality of Genes Altering Barley Starch Composition

In this study inbred barley lines carrying waxy and/or high amylose genes were obtained from a cross between Waxy Hector and a breeders» line BE285 (high amylose Glacier×Midas) and assessed for malting quality. Inbred lines were assayed and classified as having none, one or both genes. After malting, waxy lines had a slightly lower hot water extract than normal starch lines. Large effects were demonstrated for both grain nitrogen content and hot water extract in high amylose lines and, particularly, in lines with both genes. Endosperm modification during malting was reduced by both starch mutations. Electron microscopy showed that the phenotype with both genes was characterised by a highly compacted endosperm. During malting, this structure was extremely resistant to modification.     

Changes in the properties of rice varieties with different amylose content on dry heat parboiling

Dry heat parboiling is a unique paddy processing technique that has been scarcely exploited. Dry heat parboiling at high temperature for short time and low temperature for long time on physical and physicochemical properties of three rice varieties differing in amylose content were studied. Hardness of the kernels increased from 66.4 N, 68.8 N and 59.8 N in raw samples to 89.1 N, 86.9 N and 59.8 N in parboiled high amylose, low amylose and waxy rice samples respectively. Rapid migration and evaporation of water from severely heated kernels caused cavity formation at the centre. Irreversible damage of amylopectin structures to leachable fractions caused continuous rise of the pasting curve. Crystallinity was thereby reduced. Parboiled high amylose samples gave X-ray diffraction patterns with peaks characteristic of A, B and V-type starch crystallinity. Crystalline starch-lipid complexes were observed in low amylose and waxy rices. The significant increase in the amount of rapidly digestible starch from 56.7%, 61.7% and 66.6% in raw samples to 92.1%, 90.8% and 94.8% respectively in severely processed rice samples and subsequent reduction in resistant starch from 24.5%, 21.2% and 18.4% to 0.4%, 1.9% and 0.1% indicated possibilities for targeted food use of the dry heat parboiled samples.     

Starch Properties of a Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Mutant with an Altered Flour-pasting Profile

Ethyl methanesulphonate treatment of seeds from cultivar Kanto 107 lacking Wx-A1 and Wx-B1 proteins induced a mutant, named K107Afpp4, showing an altered flour-pasting profile, i.ea markedly increased viscosity at a low temperature and a decreased peak time in Rapid Visco Analyser measurement. The colour of the iodine complex of the isolated starch from the mutant remained bluish-purple but its λ_maxdecreased to 584 nm from 601 nm shown by the wild type Kanto 107. The absorbance at 680 nm (blue value) of the mutant starch decreased to 0·206 from 0·324 for Kanto 107. The amylose content of K107Afpp4 starch was 12·7% measured by concanavalin A method, compared to 21·9% for the wild type. The apparent amylose content of the mutant starch measured by amperometric titration was 15·9% while that of Kanto 107 was 25·3%. Gel permeation chromatography showed that the mutant starch has a decreased amount of lower molecular weight fractions than starch from the wild type. Differential scanning calorimetry indicated that mutant starch has a higher gelatinisation peak temperature, 61·8 °C, than the wild type, 59·5 °C. The mutant will be useful as a genetic resource for altering wheat starch/flour properties and for clarifying the relationship between amylose content and wheat quality.     

Effects of Amylose/Amylopectin Ratio and Baking Conditions on Resistant Starch Formation and Glycaemic Indices

The possible improvement of the nutritional properties of starch in barley flour-based bread by using barley genotypes varying in amylose content (3–44%) was evaluated. Breads were made from 70% whole-meal barley flour and 30% white wheat flour. Test breads were baked from waxy barley (WB), ordinary barley (OB), ordinary Glacier barley (OGB) and high-amylose barley (HAB). Each bread was baked either at conventional baking conditions (45 min, 200 °C) or at pumpernickel conditions (20 h, 120 °C). A white wheat bread (WWB) was used as reference. The resistant starch (RS) content and rate of starch hydrolysis were measuredin vitro. The glycaemic index (GI) and the insulinaemic index (II) of the high-amylose breads were determined in healthy subjects. The amount of RS (total starch basis) varied from <1% (WB) to approximately 4% (HAB) in conventionally baked bread, and from about 2% to 10% in the corresponding long-time/low-temperature baked products. The long-time/low-temperature baked HAB displayed a significantly lower rate of starch hydrolysisin vitrocompared with WWB and reduced the incremental blood-glucose response in healthy subjects (GI=71). In contrast, the GI of the conventionally baked HAB was similar to that for WWB. It is concluded that a barley flour-based bread of low GI and high RS content can be obtained by choosing high-amylose barley and appropriate baking conditions.     

Analyses of albumins, globulins and amphiphilic proteins by proteomic approach give new insights on waxy wheat starch metabolism

Starch is composed of two types of glucose polymers: amylose and amylopectin. The Waxy (Wx) locus controls amylose synthesis in the wheat kernel. Hexaploid wheat has three Wx loci located on chromosomes 7A (Wx-A1), 4A (Wx-B1), and 7D (Wx-D1). Eight near isogenic lines (NILs) of Triticum aestivum cv. Tremie with one, two or three Wx null alleles were used. The albumin–globulin fraction, and amphiphilic proteins were separated using 2-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) allowing the changes in the waxy kernel to be identified. Albumin–globulin fraction showed overexpression of sucrose synthases in the waxy NILs compared to the normal form of Tremie and a decrease in many proteins related to stress and defence metabolism such as serpins. A subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), which is known to play a major role in starch synthesis, was also shown to be down regulated in the waxy NILs. Amphiphilic proteins confirmed the observations made on the albumin–globulin fraction with a decrease in a stress-related protein. These different regulations linked to observations made on wheat kernel (thousand kernel weight (TKW), protein amount per grain, size and distribution of the starch granules) led to formulation of the hypothesis that waxy endosperm does not reach maturity of the wild-type endosperm.     

中国大麦种质资源直链淀粉含量分析

为了弄清中国大麦种质资源中直链淀粉含量的高低,为今后的糯大麦研究和育种提供参考,利用近红外反射光谱（NIRS）法对含糯性基因的167个中国代表性大麦品种的直链淀粉含量进行了测定。结果表明,在中国大麦中鉴定发现的糯大麦种质均属低直链淀粉糯大麦（以下简称低直糯大麦）,尚无一份是无直链淀粉糯大麦（以下简称无直糯大麦）材料。167份含糯性基因品种的直链淀粉含量变异范围为13.34%～38.23%,平均值为25.23%,标准差为4.18,变异系数为16.56%。品种内不同单株间直链淀粉含量不同,有的品种单株变异系数大,有的变异系数小。在28个品种中检测到直链淀粉含量小于15%的单株,其中在6个品种中共鉴定出7份材料,直链淀粉含量低于10%,可以在我国糯大麦育种和遗传等基础理论研究中优先利用。由于大麦品种间和品种内单株之间的直链淀粉含量存在很大差异,因此进行糯大麦种质资源鉴定筛选时,应在品种群体测定的基础上,进一步开展单株纯系繁殖鉴定;在杂交育种中选择糯大麦亲本时,不但要考虑备选品种的直链淀粉含量,还要考虑其个体基因型的遗传一致性。     

Chemical Composition of Barley Samples Focusing on Dietary Fibre Components

Grain samples of 16 barleys, including covered and naked types, were selected to represent genotypes that were known to vary in their contents of protein, amylose and amylopectin and β-glucan contents of wort or grain. The chemical compositions of the samples were analysed, focusing particularly on dietary fibre components. Covered and naked barley genotypes differed in their average contents of non-starch polysaccharides, Klason lignin and ash. High amylose types had higher total β-glucan values (6·3% and 7·9%) than waxy types (5·4%–5·8%). The content of extractable β-glucan was only slightly correlated with total β-glucan content. On average, 44% of the xylose residues in water extractable arabinoxylans were substituted with arabinose residues. The presence of considerable amounts of xylopyranose substituted only at O-2 was detected in water extractable arabinoxylans.     

The Effect of Heat–Moisture Treatment on the Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Normal Maize,Waxy Maize,Dull Waxy Maize and Amylomaize V Starches

Normal maize, waxy maize, dull waxy maize and amylomaize V starches were heat treated at 100 °C for 16 h at a moisture content of 30%. The results showed that the X-ray intensities of the major d-spacings of all starches increased on heat–moisture treatment (waxy maize > normal maize > dull waxy maize > amylomaize V). This treatment decreased the apparent amylose content (amylomaize V > normal maize), swelling factor (amylomaize V > waxy maize > dull waxy maize > normal maize), amylose leaching (amylomaize V > normal maize), pasting viscosities (amylomaize V > normal maize), acid hydrolysis (amylomaize V > normal maize > waxy maize > dull waxy maize), enzyme hydrolysis (amylomaize V > normal maize > dull waxy maize > waxy maize) and syneresis (amylomaize V > normal maize > waxy maize ≈ dull waxy maize). The gelatinization transition temperatures of all starches increased on heat–moisture treatment (amylomaize V > normal maize > waxy maize > dull waxy maize). However, the gelatinization temperature range increased only in normal maize and amylomaize V starches (amylomaize V > normal maize), while it remained unchanged in both the waxy starches. The enthalpy of gelatinization remained unchanged on heat–moisture treatment in all starches and the pasting viscosities of the two waxy starches were also unaffected. The foregoing data showed that starch chains within the amorphous and crystalline regions of the granule associate during heat–moisture treatment. However, the extent of this association was of a greater order of magnitude within the amorphous regions. DSC studies have indicated associations involving amylose chains (amylose–amylose and amylose–native starch lipids) resulted in the formation of new crystallites of different stabilities. In contrast, associations involving amylopectin chains (amylopectin–amylopectin) did not lead to crystallite formation.     

Effects of inhibition of starch branching enzymes on starch ordered structure and component accumulation in developing kernels of rice

Three rice varieties, Te-qing (TQ), Wu-xiang 9915 (WX) and Guang-ling-xiang-nuo (GLXN) with different amylose contents, and their derived lines with inhibition of starch branching enzyme I and IIb (SBEI/IIb) (GLXN-, WX- and TQ-SBEI/IIb^–) were used to investigate and compare the starch ordered structure and component accumulation in developing kernels. The starches in developing kernels of TQ, WX and GLXN all showed a typical A-type crystallinity and had similar short-range ordered structure, but their relative crystallinities gradually decreased in TQ and WX and had no significant change in GLXN with kernel development. For wild-type rices, starch components gradually increased in developing kernels. With inhibition of SBEI/IIb, the accumulation of amylose and amylopectin long branch-chains in kernels was slightly affected, but amylopectin short branch-chains seriously decreased, resulting in a significantly lower dry weight and starch content in kernel. The B-type crystallinity in developing starch gradually accumulated with kernel development of TQ-, Wx- and GLXN-SBEI/IIb^– lines. The inhibition of SBEI/IIb decreased the relative crystallinity but increased the short-range ordered structure of starches. The effects of inhibition of SBEI/IIb on starch ordered structure and component accumulation mainly appeared after 10 days after flowering, and were the most conspicuous for indica rice TQ. Though the inhibition of SBEI/IIb influenced the ordered structure and component accumulation of starch, the starch content and components in developing kernels all showed significantly positive correlations with kernel dry weight.     

Functionality of native tetraploid wheat starches: Effects of waxy loci alleles and amylose concentration in blends

Partial waxy (reduced amylose) and fully waxy (amylose-free) tetraploid durum wheats (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) were used to investigate the relationships between both intra- and inter-granular variation in amylose concentration and starch functionality. Starches isolated from each genotype (intra-granular amylose variants) were compared to those of commercially available hexaploid wild-type and waxy starches, and functionalities compared to blends (inter-granular variants) of durum waxy and wild-type starches of 0, 6, 12, 18, 24, & 30% amylose content. Starch particle size distributions were not significantly different amongst partial waxy and wild-type genotypes; waxy samples had significantly smaller mean starch granule size. Few significant differences for crystallite melting and related intrinsic heat as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were observed. The detected differences in starch gel color or gel strength generally were observed for the waxy samples relative to wild-type. Numerous significant differences were observed via Rapid-Visco Analysis (RVA). Pasting peak viscosity and breakdown were inversely proportional to % amylose. Wx-B1 null final viscosity differed significantly from that of all other blends and genotypes, demonstrating that genotypic differences exist amongst the partial waxy types, independent of amylose concentration per se.     

Effects of starch composition and type of non-solvent on the formation of starch nanoparticles and improvement of curcumin stability in aqueous media

In this study, we evaluated the effects of amylopectin/amylose ratio and non-solvent type on starch nanoparticle formation including the average particle size, polydispersity index, size distribution, and nanoparticle morphology using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The most uniform particles were obtained from normal corn starch with ethanol. The average particle size was 98.8 ± 1.8 nm using DLS while combination of size distribution study and SEM images showed that particle size ranged between 60 and 90 nm. A bimodal distribution was observed with two defined groups of nanoparticles when waxy corn starch (Amioca) was nanoparticulated with ethanol. SEM images of freeze dried samples and DLS size distribution curves of fresh samples showed that high amylose starch including Hylon V and Hylon VII gave uniform, spherical and small nanoparticles in the size range of 20–60 and 15–50 nm, respectively. The smallest nanoparticles were fabricated by precipitation with methanol, followed by ethanol and the largest nanoparticles were formed using acetone. Re-dispersion of nanoparticles was good when nanoparticles were fabricated using ethanol and acetone especially for Amioca, whereas redispersion of samples in aqueous PBS solution, precipitated using methanol was difficult especially in the case of Hylon VII. Stability of curcumin in the presence of 1 mg/ml native starch nanoparticles was much higher (83.7 ± 3.1%) than curcumin in phosphate buffered saline at pH 7.0 (5.5 ± 1.5%) over 10 days at ambient temperature. Interaction between iodine-potassium iodide solution and starch nanoparticles showed that the helical structures of amylose and amylopectin molecules remain in the nanoparticles and curcumin may interact with these helical structures giving it the stability which is not observed in water.     

中国大麦种质资源Wx蛋白分析及糯大麦分子标记验证

利用1D-SDS-PAGE分析了中国167份不同直链淀粉含量类型的大麦种质资源Waxy 蛋白类型,发现在低直糯大麦和无直糯大麦两种类型中,可能存在四种生化遗传变异类型。其中有两种与无直糯大麦有关,一种是Wx基因可以正常转录,但转录产生的Wx蛋白无活性,不能催化直链淀粉合成;另一种是Wx基因不能正常转录,既无Wx蛋白产生,也无直链淀粉合成。另外两种与低直糯大麦有关,一种是Wx基因可以正常转录,但转录产生的Wx蛋白活性有限,催化直链淀粉合成的功能降低;另一种是Wx基因不完全正常转录,产生的Wx蛋白数量有限,影响直链淀粉合成。利用4个大麦与小麦的STS标记和2个大麦与小麦的SSR标记对不同Wx蛋白类型进行糯性鉴定,结果表明,迄今利用的Wx基因的STS引物P1可能只适合用于CDC Candle遗传类型相同的糯大麦品种或基因型的鉴定。其它标记均不能用于鉴定大麦糯性胚乳表型,因此当前对于糯大麦育种及Wx分子鉴定研究而言,还有待于开发新的分子标记。     

Microwave irradiation differentially affect the physicochemical properties of waxy and non-waxy hull-less barley starch

Waxy and non-waxy hull-less barley kernels and their isolated starches were irradiated under different microwave conditions (power 640, 720, and 800 W, time 60, 120 and 180 s). Changes in physicochemical properties were studied to investigate the effects of microwave irradiation (MWI) on in-kernel starches and isolated starches. For in-kernel starch, microwave reduced the ratio of 1047/1022 cm⁻¹ wavelengths, gelatinization enthalpy (ΔH_g) and relative crystallinity (RC), indicating that microwave of starch within the cells disrupted the crystalline regions. For isolated starch, microwave decreased the ratio of 1047/1022 cm⁻¹ wavelengths but increased ΔH_g of isolated starch, indicating that microwaving resulted in disruption of amorphous structure and an increase in the amount of remaining double helix structure. Moreover, viscosities of in-kernel starches decreased as microwave power and time increased, but this was not observed in isolated starches. Microwave treatment induced an enhancement of gelatinization temperature for non-waxy starches (NWS) but decreased in waxy starches (WS). Microwave had a greater effect for swelling power and solubility on in-kernel MWI-WS than MWI-WS, whereas the reverse results were found between in-kernel MWI-NWS and MWI-NWS. The results indicated that amylose plays a profound role in the properties of isolated and in-kernel starches during microwaving.     

糯小麦快速选育及糯性亚基纯合速度对选择的响应

为创建糯小麦快速育种程序,进而培育出优质糯小麦新品种,选用4份糯性亲本材料和6份非糯性亲本材料进行杂交,并对分离后代进行早代籽粒碘染、乳熟期田间单株籽粒碘染选择、农艺性状选择、多重PCR分子标记检测和淀粉糊化特性测定。结果显示,糯性亲本作母本或父本,F₀代杂交籽粒均为非糯;大部分杂交组合F₁代自交籽粒中糯性籽粒的出现频率符合1/64的分离比例;非糯性材料作父本的三交组合F₁代自交分离后,糯性籽粒的出现频率符合1/512的分离比例。13个组合中,5个组合的糯粒比例达到100%,7个组合的糯粒比例超过98%,而没有经过籽粒碘染筛选的3个组合的糯粒比例仅为0.79%～6.10%,说明糯性亚基纯合速度对选择可做出快速响应,经过1代籽粒糯性筛选,糯性遗传即可稳定。中选单株均具有糯性小麦典型的RVA图谱,糯小麦面粉的低谷黏度、最终黏度、回生值和峰值时间较非糯小麦面粉显著降低,而峰值黏度、稀懈值和糊化温度在糯小麦和非糯小麦之间差异不显著。对经过2代籽粒糯性筛选的13个杂交组合共410份单株材料进行多重PCR检测,发现全糯质小麦398株...     

Effects of Hydrothermal Processing of Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentumMoench) Groats on Starch Enzymatic AvailabilityIn VitroandIn Vivoin Rats

Content of total starch (TS), rapidly digested starch (RDS), slowly digested starch (SDS), resistant starch (RS) and retrograded starch (RS₃), apparent amylose and total amylose were studied in raw (uncooked) and in hydrothermally treated buckwheat groats. Hydrothermally treated buckwheat samples contained 4·0–4·3% of retrograded starch (dmb). This means that about 5·5% of the TS present in the samples appeared as RS₃. There was a good correlation between the retrograded starch by thein vitromethod and the undigested starchin vivoin rats (r=0·91,P<0·01). In untreated groats and in groats dry-heated to 110 °C there was significantly less RDS than in hydrothermally treated samples. Approximately one half of the raw groat starch was not digested within 120 minin vitro. Buckwheat groats prepared by using the traditional procedure of cooking before dehusking followed by warm-air drying, have less than 48% (dmb) of rapidly available starch, in comparison to white wheat bread, where the corresponding value is almost 59%. Buckwheat groats starch with a reduced rate of digestion could be a possible complement to or a substitute for common carbohydrate sources.