Effect of germination time on physicochemical properties of brown rice flour and starch from different rice cultivars |
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Authors: | Fengfeng Wu Haiying Chen Na Yang Jinpeng Wang Xiang Duan Zhengyu Jin Xueming Xu |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China;2. School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu Province, PR China |
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Abstract: | The present work was designed to obtain information on the effect of germination time on the selected physicochemical properties of brown rice flour and starch prepared from three different rice cultivars. Changes in total starch, amylose and amylopectin contents of flour, amylopectin/amylose ratio and molecular weight of starch, gelatinization, pasting, rheological, and morphological properties of flour and starch during 5 days of germination were investigated. Significant changes of pasting and rheological properties of brown rice flour were found during germination, but only small changes of these properties could be found in isolated starch. Scanning electron micrographs of flour showed that the continuous matrix structure of flour was highly destroyed after germination and scanning electron micrographs of isolated starch showed that after three days of germination, pits and holes were discovered on the surface of some starch granules. Germination had little effect on the average molecular weight of starch, but the polydispersity value in germinated brown rice (2–5 days germination) was higher than that in non-germinated brown rice. The changes observed in physicochemical properties of brown rice flour and starch after germination provided a crucial basis for understanding flour and starch modification mechanisms with potential applications for an industrial scale. |
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Keywords: | Brown rice Germination Physicochemical properties |
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