Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-09-01Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:19:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rocha_ts_dr_sjrp.pdf: 2028689 bytes, checksum: fc26ec97a8f0c09ef335056fc152bcbe (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Para auxiliar o entendimento da estrutura semicristalina de grânulos de amido, o ‘annealing’ e as hidrólises ácida e enzimática de amidos granulares podem ser empregados. Este trabalho teve o objetivo de utilizar estes tratamentos para obter maiores informações sobre a estrutura granular de amidos de diferentes fontes botânicas, além de compreender o mecanismo de reorganização da estrutura granular provocada pelo ‘annealing. Amidos de milho normal, milho ceroso, mandioca, mandioquinha-salsa e batata foram isolados e caracterizados quanto a sua composição química, distribuição dos comprimentos de cadeias ramificadas da amilopectina, difração de raios-X, propriedades de pasta e propriedades térmicas. Suspensões de amidos nativos (5% p/v) foram submetidas ao ‘annealing’ à temperatura de 2 a 3 ºC menores que as temperaturas de início de gelatinização de cada amido, por 24 horas. Após ‘annealing’, os amidos foram avaliados quanto às suas características morfológicas (microscopia óptica, SEM e microscopia a laser confocal), teores de amilose, distribuição dos comprimentos de cadeias ramificadas da amilopectina, difração de raios-X, massa molar da amilopectina, propriedades térmicas e suscetibilidade às hidrólises enzimática (alfa-amilase e amiloglucosidase) e ácida. Os amidos submetidos à hidrólise enzimática ou ácida (em diferentes tempos) foram também avaliados quanto ao teor de amilose, massa molar da amilopectina, SEM, distribuição dos comprimentos de cadeias ramificadas da amilopectina, difração de raios-X e propriedades térmicas. O amido de mandioquinha-salsa apresentou características estruturais diferentes das apresentadas pelos outros amidos. Como o amido de batata, este amido apresentou polimorfismo tipo B e altas proporções de cadeias laterais muito longas (DP > 37) da amilopectina, o que pode ter superestimado... / To help understanding the semi-crystalline structure of starch granules, the annealing, the enzymatic and acid hydrolysis can be performed. Objectives of this study were to use these treatments to obtain more information about the granular structure of starches from different botanical sources, and help comprehend the starch granular reorganization mechanism provoked by annealing. Normal corn, waxy corn, cassava, Peruvian carrot and potato starches were isolated and characterized regarding their chemical compositon, amylopectin branch-chain length distribution, X-ray diffraction, pasting properties and thermal properties. Starches suspensions (5% w/v) were subjected to annealing for 24h at 3 ºC below the onset gelatinization temperatures of each starch. After annealing, the starches were evaluated regarding their morphological characteristics (optical microscopy, SEM, laser confocal microscopy), amylose content, amylopectin branch-chain length distribution, X-ray diffraction, amylopectin molar mass, thermal properties and susceptibility to enzymatic hydrolysis (alpha-amylase and amiloglucosidase) and acid hydrolysis. The starches subjected to enzymatic and acid hydrolysis (at different times) were also evaluated regarding their amylose content, amylopectin molar mass, SEM, amylopectin branch-chain length distribution, X-ray diffraction and thermal properties. Peruvian carrot starch had structural characteristics different of that of the other starches. As potato starch, it displayed a B-type Xray diffraction pattern and high proportion of very long amylopectin branch-chains (DP 37), which may have overestimated the apparent amylose content of these starches. However, the Peruvian carrot starch also displayed a high amount of short amylopectin branch-chains (DP 6-12). Normal corn and waxy corn starches displayed an A-type pattern and cassava starch displayed a CA-type... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-08-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:10:51Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 campanha_rb_me_sjrp_parcial.pdf: 94727 bytes, checksum: a521baee0344f893db4ddd3e800f17bf (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2015-06-03T11:42:49Z: campanha_rb_me_sjrp_parcial.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-06-03T11:44:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000624134_20150806.pdf: 1531119 bytes, checksum: 2dfd54b4b280060729591429aa12bdef (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2015-08-07T12:19:56Z: 000624134_20150806.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-07T12:20:58Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000624134.pdf: 2009868 bytes, checksum: b037ab2970b2d5ab5615092c0c8d45a9 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Amido é um polímero semicristalino constituído basicamente por amilose e amilopectina. Seus grânulos são formados por regiões amorfas intercaladas com áreas mais densas compostas por lamelas alternadas de material cristalino e amorfo. O empacotamento das moléculas no grânulo é dependente da fonte botânica. Raízes e tubérculos são ricos em amido e seu plantio não requer muito investimento. Assim, o interesse industrial vem aumentando. O conhecimento da estrutura granular é fundamental para melhor entendimento das propriedades funcionais e melhor utilização do amido. A hidrólise ácida é uma técnica muito utilizada no estudo da estrutura do amido. O tratamento do amido com H2SO4 15% produz uma fração ácido-resistente, com baixa massa molar, conhecida como dextrina Naegeli (DN). O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a estrutura granular dos amidos de mandioca, batata, batata-doce e mandioquinha-salsa através da hidrólise ácida. Os amidos foram incubados com H2SO4 15,3% a 38ºC, por até 30 dias, e suas DN foram analisadas. A hidrólise ácida ocorreu em duas etapas: a primeira foi atribuída à rápida degradação das áreas amorfas dos grânulos, enquanto a segunda fase correspondeu à lenta hidrólise das regiões cristalinas. O amido de mandioquinha-salsa foi o mais suscetível à hidrólise, enquanto que os amidos de batata e batata-doce foram os mais resistentes. Os amidos de batata e mandioquinha-salsa apresentaram padrões cristalinos tipo B e mostraram maiores proporções de cadeias laterais longas da amilopectina (GP 37) do que os amidos de mandioca (tipo CA) e batata-doce (tipo C). Além de grande proporção de cadeias longas, o amido de mandioquinha-salsa também apresentou grande proporção de cadeias curtas (32,0%). O amido de mandioca também apresentou grande proporção de cadeias curtas (30,5%). Esses amidos mostraram um ombro em GP 17-21... / Starch is a semi-crystalline polymer composed mainly of amylose and amylopectin. The starch granules are formed by successive layers that include amorphous areas interspersed with more dense areas composed of alternated lamellae of crystalline and amorphous material. Packing of amylose and amylopectin into granules is dependent of botanical source. Tubers and roots are rich in starch and their cultivation does not require much investment. Thus, the industrial interest has increased. Knowledge of the starch structure is fundamental for better understanding the functional properties and better utilization of the starch. Acid hydrolysis is widely used to study starch structure. Treatment of starch with 15% H2SO4 solution produces an acid-resistant fraction with low molecular weight known as Naegeli dextrin (ND). Objective of this study was to determine the structural characteristics of cassava, potato, sweet potato and Peruvian carrot starches by using acid hydrolysis. The starches were submitted to 15.3% H2SO4 at 38ºC for up to 30 days and their ND were analyzed. Acid hydrolysis displayed two phases: the first one was attributed to faster degradation of amorphous areas of granules, whereas the second phase corresponded to slower hydrolysis of crystalline regions. Peruvian carrot starch was the most susceptible to hydrolysis, whereas potato and sweet potato starches were the most resistant. Potato and Peruvian carrot starches displayed B-type X-ray pattern and had larger proportions of long branch-chains of amylopectin (DP 37) than cassava (CA-type) and sweet potato (C-type) starches. Beyond the great proportion of long branch-chains, the Peruvian carrot starch also showed great proportion of short branch-chains (32.0%). Cassava starch also had great proportion of short branch-chains (30.5%). These starches displayed a shoulder at DP 17-21 on branch chain-length distribution... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-02-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:10:53Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rocha_ts_me_sjrp.pdf: 4148399 bytes, checksum: ce0ff94a04b39123b97024a446e8f545 (MD5) / Enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch has been used to study the structure and the physicochemical properties of the granules. It depends, among others, on the starch botanic source, on the enzymatic system used and on the size of the granules. The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of granule size on enzymatic susceptibility and on structural and physicochemical properties of Peruvian Carrot starch. Starches from two varieties (Amarela de Carandaí, AC and Amarela de Senador Amaral, ASA) were isoladed, fractionated by size and classified into whole granules (without separation); large granules (d 20æm); medium granules (> 10 e < 20æm) and small granules (£ 10æm). The whole and fractionated granular starches were hydrolysed with bacterial -amylase and fungal amyloglucosidase. Samples, before and after hydrolysis, were analyzed regarding their structural and physicochemical characteristics. The whole and fractionated native starches shown in optical microscope and scanning electron microscope circular shape for large granules and polygonal shape for small granules. The granular surface was smooth with some had openings, especially for the larges granules, with some depressions and holes. From chromatograms of gel permeation in Sepharose CL-2B was not possible to observe differences on the molecular size from both varieties of Peruvian Carrot. The amylose content, that was higher to AC variety, was concentraded mainly in large granules. Both varieties exhibited B-type X-ray diffraction pattern and relative degree of cristallinity (DC) (~20%) was not different for the different starches, despite the intensity of the peaks decrease for small granules. The intrinsic viscosity of starches from both varieties was smallest 24% and 14%, respectively, to small granules in relation of large granules. Gelatinization temperatures, from DSC, decreased as the granule sizes decreased, while the enthalpy remained the same. The smaller the granule