title: Thermal behavior and gelling interactions of Mesona Blumes gum and rice starch mixture.
abstract: In this research, thermal behavior and gelling interactions of Mesona Blumes gum (MBG)/rice starch mixture were extensively investigated. MBG/rice starch gel displayed significant endothermal and exothermal properties at different MBG concentrations, indicating essential interactions between MBG and rice starch. In addition, the gelling interaction between MBG and rice starch was studied by using hydrogen-bond forming agents (1,4-butanediol, ethane-1,2-diol, glycerol) and hydrogen-bond breaking agents (urea, tetramethyl urea, ethanol, methanol) on rheological spectra. The results indicated that the hydrogen bond between MBG, rice starch and water might be the major force of maintaining the complete structure of the mixed gel. Their hypothetic interactions have been schemed in computer using hyperchem 8.0.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Bright Dairy & Food Co. Ltd., No.1518 West Jiangchang Road, Shanghai 200436, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology Department, University of Tennessee, 2605 River Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-4539, USA.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, 745 Agricultural Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Haining
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Zhongxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No. 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230009, China.
authors.forename: Hanqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D019686:Lamiaceae; D012275:Oryza; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005782:Gels; D013213:Starch