title: New starches from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)--Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita Thunb.) cultivars.
abstract: The starches separated from two different Dioscorea opposita Thunb. cultivars were investigated for morphological, thermal and crystal properties. The shape of starch granules separated from different D. opposita Thunb. cultivars varied from round to oval or irregular. The surface of the starch granules appeared to be smooth without any fissures. The average particle diameter of starches from different D. opposita Thunb. cultivars was 40.3 and 38.7mum for D. 47 and D. SXY starch, respectively. The transition temperatures (T(o), T(p) and T(c)) and enthalpy of gelatinization (DeltaH(gel)) were determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The D. SXY starch showed the lower T(o) (74.2 degrees C) and the broader R (12.4). T(p) and T(c) of starch from D. 47 were higher than that of D. SXY starch. DeltaH(gel) values (11.37J/g) of D. 47 was higher than that of D. SXY starch (10.78J/g). The crystal type of starches separated from two different D. opposita cultivars was a typical C-type pattern. The degree of crystallinity of two D. opposita cultivars starches was about 45.9% and 31.5%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shujun
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jinglin
authors.forename: Gao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wenyuan
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hongyan
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Peigen
mesh_terms: D027742:Dioscorea / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D013213:Starch