Physicochemical Properties of Gels Obtained from Corn Porous Starches with Different Levels of Porosity

Porous starches are attracting much attention owing to their adsorption ability of different compounds. However, only their granular structure have been exploited. The objective of the present research is to analyze the structure and properties of the gels obtained from porous starches having divers...

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Autores: Benavent Gil, Yaiza, Román, Laura, Gómez, Manuel, Rosell, Cristina M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/180220
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/180220
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gel matrix
Microstructure
Porous starch
Viscoelastic behavior
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Sumario:Porous starches are attracting much attention owing to their adsorption ability of different compounds. However, only their granular structure have been exploited. The objective of the present research is to analyze the structure and properties of the gels obtained from porous starches having diverse degree of porosity (0–15%). Gels are obtained from corn starches with different degree of porosity and their microstructure, gel rheology, hardness, and syneresis during storage is determine. SEM micrographs revealed honeycomb structures with diverse size and number of holes depending on the porosity of the initial porous starches. In addition, when increasing porosity, gels showed lower viscoelasticity, decreasing G′ and G″ and leading to low elastic gels, with also soft texture. Syneresis of starches is accelerate during the storage of the samples during the first week. However, no significant differences are observe during the second week. Therefore, porous starches with diverse porosity offer an attractive alternative to obtain hydrogels with diverse network matrix.