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Revista mexicana de ingeniería química

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MENDEZ-MONTEALVO, G.; RODRIGUEZ-AMBRIZ, S.L.  and  BELLO-PEREZ, L.A.. Structural features of banana starches using HPSEC-MALLS-RI. Rev. Mex. Ing. Quím [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.2, pp.293-302. ISSN 1665-2738.

An analytical method to quantify the amylose content and to characterize the structures of the banana starch molecules is reported. This study consists of two parts: Part 1 describes the individual chains present in the starch granules, as the chain-length distribution, and Part 2 characterizes the molecular structure of the starch components by high performance size exclusion chromatography coupled with multi-angle laser light scattering and refractive index detection (HPSEC-MALLS-RI). The quantification of amylose using two methods (HPSEC-RI and Concanavalin A) is in agreement with the percentage reported. In addition, the ratio Fr III/Fr. II (Fr. II represents amylopectin long B chains and Fr. III represents amylopectin A and B short chains), shows structural differences among banana starches, with more branching in Morado banana starch and less branching in Macho banana starch. A recognition that amylose has significant branching, and thus is not linear, led to the characterization of two populations of amylose: one that is highly branched and the other, which is essentially linear, as established by the HPSEC-MALLS-RI method. Morado amylose has the highest Mw of the branched starches while Macho amylose has the highest Mw and Rz values consistent with differences in the structures of banana starches.

Keywords : starch; banana; amylose; quantification; degree of polymerization (DP); weight-average molar mass (Mw); z-averaged radius of gyration (Rz).

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