Title
Effects of natural freeze-thaw treatment on structural, functional, and rheological characteristics of starches isolated from three bitter potato cultivars from the Andean region
Date Issued
01 November 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Three cultivars of bitter potatoes (Cuchi jipilla, Ocucuri negra, and Pala), grown in the Andean region of Peru (3862 m above sea level), and their “Tuntas” were used for starch isolation. “Tunta” is obtained from the natural freeze-thaw (F/T) treatment of these bitter potatoes. The structural, functional, and rheological characteristics of starches from bitter potatoes (PS) and their “Tuntas” (TS) were determined to evaluate the effect of F/T treatment. Among the results, TS showed lower apparent amylose content, lower gelatinization enthalpies, and higher syneresis values in refrigeration than PS. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs did not exhibit differences on PS and TS granules surfaces. The mean size D[4,3] of the starch granules from bitter potatoes and “Tuntas” ranged between 36.3 and 43.1 μm. FT-IR analysis showed that the chemical structure of starch granules from “Tunta” was not significantly affected by the natural F/T treatment. Pasting profiles of PS exhibited higher properties than TS. All starch gels showed a pseudoplastic behavior (0.48 ≤ η ≤ 0.53) which the Herschel-Bulkley model well described. In addition, PS and TS gels showed an elastic behavior (G’ > G’’). The results suggest that PS and TS exhibited significant differences in their structural, functional, and rheological characteristics, which make them feasible for food and non-food applications.
Volume
132
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85132323915
Source
Food Hydrocolloids
ISSN of the container
0268005X
Sponsor(s)
The authors gratefully acknowledge to the Programa Nacional de Investigación Científica y Estudios Avanzados (CONCYTEC-ProCIENCIA) for the research Grant/Award Number 153-2017-FONDECYT. The authors acknowledge to Dresden Food Ingredients S.A. for the starch pasting analysis, and to Dr. Patricia Quintana, M.C. Daniel Aguilar, and M.C. Mario Herrera of the National Laboratory of Nano and Biomaterials (LANNBIO), Cinvestav-IPN (Mérida, México) for the X-ray diffraction analysis. The authors also would like to thank Dr. Wilberth Herrera Kao for FTIR and TGA measurements and, I.Q. Silvia Andrade Canto for the SEM micrographs.
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