The physicochemical properties of high-pressure homogenized (microfluidized) maize starch with different preheating temperatures (50, 60oC), levels of pressure (34.5, 69, 138 MPa), and numbers of pass (1, 2, 3 pass) were examined in this study. The enzyme susceptible starch (ESS) content, morphological property, X-ray diffraction, and Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) profile of starch were significantly altered via increasing the number of passes and preheating temperatures. The amount of ESS and the diffraction pattern of starch indicated that the granular crystalline structure of starch was severely damaged by increasing the number of passes and preheating temperatures. The morphology of starch granule was changed from angular to spherical shape with the damaged surface as the pressure increased. Moreover, damaged starch particles gathered to form a larger mass when treated at a higher temperature with the increasing number of passes, indicating that different types and extents of damage occurred. The RVA profile of starch showed a moderate peak viscosity with increased pasting stability against shear thinning similar to that of cross-linked starch as the number of passes and preheating temperatures increased. These results suggested that microfluidization combined with preheating might be used as a potential alternative method for the modification of starch such as cross-linked starch.

Tartary buckwheat has established itself as a functional food source because of its basic nutrition and phenolic compound contents, such as dietary fiber (DF) and rutin (RU). However, little information has been obtained concerning the comparative effects of DF and RU on the in vitro and in vivo glucose responses of tartary buckwheat flour. Moreover, the relationship between the flour’s in vitro starch digestibility and its components’ blood glucose response is not well-known. This study found that DF and RU reduced rapidly digestible starch (RDS) by 37.32→33.88% and 41.71→30.28%, whereas they increased resistant starch (RS) by 30.47→31.46% and 28.41→36.78%, respectively. Furthermore, RU had a lower glycemic index (GI) compared to DF. The regression equation for the in vitro and in vivo data from RU exhibited positive correlation (R 2 = 0.99); however, DF did not display positive correlation, which indicates that the in vitro and in vivo GI mechanisms by DF and RU are different.

재래벼와 잡초벼 등 국내 고유 유전자원을 밥쌀용 벼 품종 개발에 활용하기 위한 기초자료를 얻기 위하여 전분 호화특성 분석과 함께 식미 관련 물리·화학적 특성의 연차 간 변이를 분석하여 환경 변화에 대한 안정성을 검토하였다. 1. 76개 유전자원을 이용하여 전분 호화특성 및 식미관련 특성에 대한 조사를 연차간 수행하여 그 변이를 상관분석으로 비교한 결과 고도로 유의한 상관관계를 확인하였다. 2. 수집 특성에 따라 유전자원을 4그룹으로 나누고 조사항목의 연차간 평균값을 비교한 결과 상관계수와 관계없이 기상 변화에 따라 항목별로 연차간 유의한 차이를 확인하였다. 3. 호화특성 기반의 군집분석 결과 76개 자원이 6개의 그룹으로 각각 분류되었으며, 약 55% 이상의 유전자원이 III, IV 그룹에 분포되었고, 국내 품종(C그룹)과 국내 잡초벼(B그룹) 유전자원의 경우 군집분석결과 5개의 그룹에 걸쳐 가장 넓게 분포하였다. 4. 전분 호화특성 및 식미특성을 기준으로 밥윤기치가 높았던 국내 재래벼 2품종(왜도와 구도)과 국내 잡초벼 3품종(달성앵미10-2, 남제주앵미6, 완도앵미6) 우량품종으로 선발되었다. 5. 특히, 완도앵미6의 경우 밥윤기치 평균 값이 85.1로 매우 높았으며, 이화학적 특성 등이 수광 수준으로 양호하였는데, 이는 국내의 고유 유전자원으로부터 우수한 자원을 확보하여 유용 유전자를 도입하는 육종연구에 활용가치를 높일 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.