Volume 50, Issue 4 pp. 141-147
Research Paper

Estimation of Contributions of Hydration and Glass Transition to Heat Capacity Changes During Melting of Native Starches in Excess Wate

Yu. I. Matveev

Yu. I. Matveev

Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Vavilov Street 28, 117813, GSP-1, Moscow, Russia

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N. Yu. Elankin

N. Yu. Elankin

Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Vavilov Street 28, 117813, GSP-1, Moscow, Russia

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E. N. Kalistrova

E. N. Kalistrova

Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Vavilov Street 28, 117813, GSP-1, Moscow, Russia

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A. N. Danilenko

A. N. Danilenko

Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, Vavilov Street 28, 117813, GSP-1, Moscow, Russia

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Claudia Niemann

Claudia Niemann

Technical University Berlin, Institute for Food Technology, Cereal Technology, Seestraße 11, D-13353 Berlin, current address: Nestec Ltd, Nestlé Research Center, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, CH-1026 Lausanne, Switzerland

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V. P. Yuryev

Abstract

Contributions of the heat capacity changes by hydration (ΔmCphydr) and by glass transition (ΔmCpgtr) to the heat capacity changes (ΔmCpexp) measured during melting of various native starches in excess water were estimated. Whereas ΔmCpgtr was independent of the origin and polymorphous structure of the starches, ΔmCphydr depended on the origin of starch. It is shown that ΔmCpexp of native starches can be calculated as the sum ΔmCpgtr and ΔmCphydr. Calculated values of ΔmCpgtr (12.5 ± 2.8 Jmol−1 K−1) were similar to those of synthetic polymers. The values of ΔmCphydr of all investigated starches varied from 10.7 to 18.5 Jmol−1 K−1 except for maize starch (56.1 Jmol−1 K−1). It is suggested that this difference is due to special structural features of maize starch.

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