FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (17): 107-109.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201017024

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Properties of Starches from Pueraria lobate and Some Other Starchy Plants

LU Cheng-ying1,2,LI Gui1,GUI Ke-yin2,BU Xiao-ying2,CHEN Gong-xi1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China;2. Key Laboratory
    for Forest Products Chemical Industry Engineering of Hunan Province, Jishou University, Zhangjiajie 427000, China
  • Received:2010-03-23 Revised:2010-07-29 Online:2010-09-15 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: LU Cheng-ying E-mail:zyjlcyw@tom.com

Abstract:

In order to provide experimental references for distinguishing Pueraria lobate starch and starches from other plants, some properties of starches from Pueraria lobate and 11 other plants including potato, corn, sweet potato, glutinous rice, oat, millet, mung bean, sorghum, long-grain nonglutinous rice and red kidney bean were measured. Pueraria lobate starch and starches from the other plants exhibited large differences in viscosity, transparency, freeze-thaw stability, swelling power and solubility. This will make it easy to rapidly identify Pueraria lobate starch.

Key words: Pueraria lobate, starch, properties

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