Physicochemical Properties and in Vitro Digestibility of Cooked Regular and Nondarkening Cranberry Beans (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) and Their Effects on Bioaccessibility, Phenolic Composition, and Antioxidant Activity

In this study, Chinese yam starch-water suspension (8%) were subjected to high-pressure homogenization (HPH) at 100 MPa for increasing cycle numbers, and its effect of on the physicochemical properties of the starch was investigated. Results of the polarizing microscope observations showed that the starch granules were disrupted (i.e. greater breakdown value) after HPH treatment, followed by a decrease in cross polarization. After three HPH cycles, the crystallinity of starch decreased, while the crystal type remained unaltered. Meanwhile, the contents of rapidly digestible starch and slowly digestible starch were increased. On the contrary, resistant starch content was decreased. Our results indicate that HPH treatment resulted in reduction of starch crystallinity and increase of starch digestibility.

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Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Plants Belonging to the Cephalaria (Caprifoliaceae) Genus

Plants ◽

10.3390/plants10050952 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 952

Author(s):

Małgorzata Chrząszcz ◽

Barbara Krzemińska ◽

Rafał Celiński ◽

Katarzyna Szewczyk

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Activity ◽

Lung Diseases ◽

Antioxidative Activity ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Natural Antioxidants ◽

Antioxidant Effect ◽

In Vivo Studies ◽

Phenolic Composition

The genus Cephalaria, belonging to the Caprifoliaceae family, is a rich source of interesting secondary metabolites, including mainly saponins which display a variety of biological activities, such as immunomodulatory, antimicrobial and hemolytic effects. Besides these compounds, flavonoids and phenolic acids were identified in Cephalaria species. Cephalaria is employed in traditional medicine e.g., to cure cardiac and lung diseases, rheumatism, and regulate menstruation. In this review we focus on the phenolic compound composition and antioxidative activity of Cephalaria species. The antioxidant effect can be explained by flavonoids present in all parts of these plants. However, future efforts should concentrate more on in vitro and in vivo studies and also on clinical trials in order to confirm the possibility of using these plants as natural antioxidants for the pharmacology, food or cosmetic industries.

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Physicochemical Properties and In Vitro Digestibility of Dual‐Modified Starch by Cross‐Linking and Annealing

Starch - Stärke ◽

10.1002/star.202100102 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2100102

Author(s):

Shuyu Jia ◽

Bin Yu ◽

Haibo Zhao ◽

Haiteng Tao ◽

Pengfei Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Cross Linking ◽

In Vitro Digestibility ◽

Modified Starch

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Effect of moist and dry-heat treatment processes on the structure, physicochemical properties, and in vitro digestibility of wheat starch-lauric acid complexes

Food Chemistry ◽

10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 351 ◽

pp. 129303

Author(s):

Xuemin Kang ◽

Wei Gao ◽

Bin Wang ◽

Bin Yu ◽

Li Guo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heat Treatment ◽

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Lauric Acid ◽

Wheat Starch ◽

In Vitro Digestibility ◽

Dry Heat ◽

Treatment Processes ◽

Dry Heat Treatment

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Understanding the multi-scale structure, physicochemical properties and in vitro digestibility of citrate naked barley starch induced by non-thermal plasma

Food & Function ◽

10.1039/d1fo00678a ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Huishan Shen ◽

Xiangzhen Ge ◽

Bo Zhang ◽

Chunyan Su ◽

Qian Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Thermal Plasma ◽

Scale Structure ◽

In Vitro Digestibility ◽

Multi Scale ◽

Naked Barley ◽

Starch Modification ◽

Plasma Pretreatment ◽

Non Thermal Plasma

Non-thermal plasma is an emerging and effective starch modification technology. In this paper, plasma pretreatment was used to modify the citrate naked barley starch for enhancing the accessibility of citric...

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