• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.514-520
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• 1991

Direct synthesis of cyclodextrin (CD) from extruded insoluble corn starch without liquefaction procedure using cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) was carried out. Increased CD production rate and yield were achieved in heterogeneous enzyme reaction system containing extruded corn starch compared with those of conventional system employing liquefied or partially cyclized starch. At extruded starch concentration of 100 g/l the CD concentration and conversion yield were reached up to 54 g/l and 0.54, respectively. High purity of $\alpha \beta \gamma$-CDs without accumulation of undesirable malto-oligosaccharides was produced, furthermore, the residual extruded starch was easily separated by centrifugation from reaction mixture, whlch will facilitate the purification procedure. Granular structure of extruded starch was observed by SEM to investigate enzyme reaction mechanism. Supplemental addition of $\alpha$-amylase enhanced slightly the initial CD production rate, but it decomposed produced CD at the late stage. Various! extruded raw starches, such as, corn, rice, and barley were also suitable substrates for CD production.

• Food Engineering Progress
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.341-350
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• 2017

The relationship of in vitro starch digestibility and gel strength was investigated at various concentrations (10-30%) of rice cultivars with different amylose contents (27.9, 17.9, and 5.2%). As the rice flour concentration increased, predicted glycemic index decreased, but gel strength increased regardless of amylose contents. Gel strength correlated strongly with amylose content, whereas in vitro starch digestibility was more highly affected by rice flour concentration than by amylose contents. Moreover, the impact of degree of gelatinization on in vitro starch digestibility of high amylose rice was also examined in terms of structural features and rheological properties. The digestion rate of fully gelatinized flour was 1.7 times higher than that of native flour, while the disrupted structure with a different gelatinization degree during starch digestion was visually demonstrated through the X-ray diffraction and molecular distribution analysis. The rice flour changed from an A-type to a V-type pattern and showed difference in crystalline melting. The low molecular weight distribution increased with increasing degree of gelatinization during starch digestion. The apparent viscosity also increased with degree of gelatinization. These results demonstrated that the starch digestibility of rice was more affected by concentration than by amylose content, as well as by the degree of gelatinization due to structural difference.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.260-267
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• 1990

The mechanism of enzymatic hydrolysis of raw corn starch by the purified glucoamylase and a - amylase in an agitated bead reaction system was studied by investigating the changes of sugar profiles produced by each enzyme, the granular structure of raw corn starch, the amount of enzyme adsorption on residual starch, and the amylose content in residual raw starch. The sugar profiles produced by the action of exo-type glucoamylase or endo-type $\alpha$ -amylase in an agitated bead system were not recognizably differed with those produced in reaction system without bead. Without enzyme the intergenic microcrystalline structure of starch granule was not changed by the simple mechanical impact of solid media, but it was cleaved. However, starch granule was fragment into large number of small particles by the synergistic action of enzyme and attrition-milling media, identified to be the major saccharification enhancing mechanism along with the increased amount of enzyme adsorption. The amylose content decreased more readily in an agitated bead reaction system, especially by $\alpha$ -amylase.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.514-520
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• 2021

This study identified and quantified the sugar-related metabolites and analyzed the structural features of starch in kimchi added with various concentrations of glutinous rice paste during fermentation. The pH values and total bacterial counts indicated that the fermentation of kimchi with 10% glutinous rice paste progressed more quickly than that of kimchi with other rice paste concentrations. The addition of glutinous rice pastes to kimchi resulted in increased glucose and decreased fructose contents during fermentation compared to the control kimchi. Maltose content increased significantly with increasing glutinous rice paste concentrations. The average chain length distribution of starch in kimchi decreased with increasing proportions of short chains as fermentation progressed. However, the average chain length distribution of starch increased with increasing glutinous rice paste concentration in kimchi. Our results confirmed that the sugar-related metabolites and starch structural changes were highly influenced by the added starch paste concentration.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.207-213
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• 2009

Starch serves not only as an energy source for plants, animals, and humans but also as an environmentally friendly alternative for fossil fuels. Progress in understanding of starch biosynthesis, and the isolation of many genes involved in this process have enabled the genetic modification of crops in a rational manner to produce novel starches with improved functionality. Starch is composed of two glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin. The amylose and amylopectin ratio in starch affects its physical and physicochemical properties. Alteration in starch structure can be achieved by modifying genes encoding the enzymes responsible for starch biosynthesis and starch hydrolysis. Here, we describe recent findings concerning the starch modification in sweetpotato. Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] ranks seventh in annual production among food crops in the world as an important starch source. To develop transgenic sweetpotato plants with modifying starch composition, we constructed transformation vectors overexpressing granule bound starch synthase I and inhibiting amylopectin synthesis genes such as starch branching enzyme and isoamylase under the control of 35S promoter, respectively. Transformation of sweetpotato (cv. Yulmi) is in progress.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.1410-1414
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• 1999

The granular size and shape of durian seed starch were $2.0-10.0\;{\mu}m$ and oval and polygonal. Amylose contents of durian seed, corn, sweet potato and potato starch were 28.3%, 27.5%, 20.3% and 21.7%, respectively. Blue value of durian seed (0.370) higher than that of corn (0.368), sweet potato (0.332), and potato starch (0.338). Alkali numbers of durian seed, corn, sweet potato and potato starch were 7.39, 9.02, 7.08 and 5.43, respectively. Swelling power of durian seed starch was similar to that of sweet potato starch. X-ray diffraction patterns of durian seed starch showed an A-type crystalline structure. According to pasting properties by Rapid Visco-Analyzer, the gelatinization temperature of durian seed starch $(76.6^{circ}C)$ was higher than that of corn $(73.0^{circ}C)$, sweet potato $(72.3^{circ}C)$ and potato starch $(70.2^{circ}C)$. The breakdown of durian seed starch were lower than that of corn, sweet potato and potato starch.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.1068-1074
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• 2012

Ohmic heating uses electric resistance heat which occurs equally and rapidly inside of food when electrical current is flown into. In other study, we researched about soybean protein's characteristic changes by ohmic heating. Nevertheless treated same temperature, denaturation of soybean protein were accelerated by ohmic heating than conventional heating. In this time, we studied thermal property change of potato starch by ohmic heating besides conventional heating. For this purpose, potato starch was heated at same subgelatinization temperature by ohmic and conventional heating. And thermal properties were tested using DSC. Annealing of starch is heat treatment method that heated at 3~4% below the gelatinization point. DSC analysis results of this study, the $T_o$, $T_p$, $T_c$ of potato starch levels were increased, whereas $T_c{\sim}T_o$ was narrowed. This thermal property changes appear similar to annealing's result. It is thought the results shown in this study, because the heating from below the gelatinization point. 6, 12, 24, 72, and 120 hours heating at $55^{\circ}C$ for potato starch, $T_o$, $T_p$, $T_c$ values continue to increased with heating time increase. The gelatinization temperature of raw potato starch was $65.9^{\circ}C$ and the treated starch by conventional heating at $55^{\circ}C$ for 120 hr was $72^{\circ}C$, ohmic was $76^{\circ}C$. The gelatinization range of conventional (72 hr) was $10^{\circ}C$, ohmic was $8^{\circ}C$. In case of 24 hours heating at 45, 50, 55, 60, $65^{\circ}C$ for potato starch, the result was similar to before. $T_o$, $T_p$, $T_c$ values continue to increased and gelatinization range narrowed with heating temperature increase. In case of conventional heating at $60^{\circ}C$, the results of gelatinization temperature and range were $70.1^{\circ}C$ and $9.1^{\circ}C$. And ohmic were $74.4^{\circ}C$ and $7.5^{\circ}C$. When viewed through the results of the above, the internal structure of starch heated by ohmic heating was found that the shift to a more stable form and to increase the homology of the starch internal structure.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.160-166
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• 2007

This study was performed to analyze the molecular structural and physical properties changes of modified rice starch, which particle structure was broken using high impact planetary mill and ultra fine pulverizing techniques. The average diameter and specific surface area of rice starch after pulverization decreased 20% and increased 25%, respectively. Low molecular substances content in rice starch using GPC (gel permeation chromatography) increased from 36.5% to 59.5% after pulverizing of rice starch. Damaged starch contents in rice starch also increased from 16.4% to 99.2% after pulverizing of rice starch. Water holding capacity, solubility and transmittance of rice starch after pulverization increased compared to those of control. Apparent viscosity value of rice starch after pulverization decreased to 7% in control based on $30^{\circ}C$ and 20 RPM conditions.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.252-258
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• 1994

Transglycosylation of stevioside in the attrition coupled heterogeneous reaction system using raw starch as a glycosyl donor has significant advantages over conventional reaction systems using liquefied starch as a donor. The transglycosylation of stevioside under the presence of organic solvent showed that transglycosylation reaction occurs via two steps ; initially from raw starch to cyclodextrin(CD), and then followed by transglycosylation of produced CD. Comparison of the transglycosylation efficiency of c$\alpha $-, $\beta $, $\gamma $-CDs indicated that $\alpha $-, $\beta $-CD are mainly utilized as a glycosyl donor for following reaction. The reaction mechanism of transglycosylation between stevioside and CD proceeded according to random sequential bireactant mechanism. The equilibrium constant of transglycosylation reaction of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase wase also evaluated. The structure of transglycosylated stevioside was confirmed by TLC, and it was found that glycosyl group(G$_{1}, $ ~ G$_{4}$-glycosidic bond.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.432-437
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to determine the molecular/crystalline structures and phase transition properties of starches isolated from six rice cultivars grown in Korea. Apparent amylose content was highest in starch obtained from the Saemimyeon cultivar (30.8%) and lowest in that obtained from the Sheonhyangheukmi cultivar (20.3%). Starch from the Saemimyeon cultivar had a lower proportion of short chains (DP 6-12) and a the higher proportion of long chains (DP${\geq}37$) than that seen in other rice starches. Saemimyeon had relatively higher pasting temperature ($86.5^{\circ}C$), gelatinization temperature ($72.1^{\circ}C$) and gelatinization enthalpy (14.2 J/g) than these values found for other rice starches. The onset temperature and enthalpy for ice crystallization of rice starch ranged from $-27.1{\sim}-20.2^{\circ}C$ and 241.1~264.8 J/g, respectively. The ice melting enthalpy measured in excess water (67% water content) of rice starches was 282.4~310.1 J/g. Among the rice starches examined, starch obtained from Sheonhyangheukmi, with the lowest amylose content, showed the lowest glass transition temperature (${T_g}^{\prime}$).