title: Effects of citric acid esterification on digestibility, structural and physicochemical properties of cassava starch.
abstract: In this study, citric acid was used to react with cassava starch in order to compare the digestibility, structural and physicochemical properties of citrate starch samples. The results indicated that citric acid esterification treatment significantly increased the content of resistant starch (RS) in starch samples. The swelling power and solubility of citrate starch samples were lower than those of native starch. Compared with native starch, a new peak at 1724 cm(-1) was appeared in all citrate starch samples, and crystalline peaks of all starch citrates became much smaller or even disappeared. Differential scanning calorimetry results indicated that the endothermic peak of citrate starches gradually shrank or even disappeared. Moreover, the citrate starch gels exhibited better freeze-thaw stability. These results suggested that citric acid esterification induced structural changes in cassava starch significantly affected its digestibility and it could be a potential method for the preparation of RS with thermal stability.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230009, PR China.
authors.forename: Ji-Qiang
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230009, PR China.
authors.forename: Da-Nian
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui 230009, PR China. Electronic address: hanqchen@hfut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Han-Qing
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D004951:Esterification; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry; D002365:Manihot / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013213:Starch / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D019343:Citric Acid; D013213:Starch
keywords: Cassava starch; Citric acid; Degree of substitution; Digestibility; Physicochemical property; Structure