FOOD. Science. Technology. Quality

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Authors

HALINA GAMBUŚ, RAFAŁ ZIOBRO, TOMASZ JANKOWSKI, DOROTA GUMUL, MIECZYSAW PAŁASIŃSKI

Title

An attempt to use pullulanase for the production of linear glucans from potato starch

Abstract

Under this paper’s project, an attempt was made to obtain linear glucans by precipitating them from a solution of potato starch dissolved in DMSO and hydrolyzed by a commercial pullulanase preparation called ‘Pulluzyme 750’ (ABM Chemicals). The precipitation procedure included three steps, after each step completed, a different fraction of hydrolyzate was obtained. The following values were determined in individual fractions obtained: the amylose chains content, the molecular mass distribution, the retrogradation tendency, and the phase transition characteristics using a DSC method. It was stated that the fraction III had the most interesting properties. The fraction III was composed mostly of short-chain amylose and it exhibited the highest tendency to retrograde. A significant enthalpy of the melting of the retrograded fraction III and the high phase transition temperatures prove a high content of amylose crystallites, which appear characteristic of a resistant starch.

Keywords

amylose, pullulanase, retrogradation, starch

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