Sugarcane starch: quantitative determination and characterization

dc.creatorJoelise de Alencar FIGUEIRA
dc.creatorPriscila Hoffmann CARVALHO
dc.creatorHélia Harumi SATO
dc.date2011
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:18:15Z
dc.descriptionStarch is found in sugarcane as a storage polysaccharide. Starch concentrations vary widely depending on the country, variety, developmental stage, and growth conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the starch content in different varieties of sugarcane, between May and November 2007, and some characteristics of sugarcane starch such as structure and granules size; gelatinization temperature; starch solution filterability; and susceptibility to glucoamylase, pullulanase, and commercial bacterial and fungal α-amylase enzymes. Susceptibility to debranching amylolytic isoamylase enzyme from Flavobacterium sp. was also tested. Sugarcane starch had spherical shape with a diameter of 1-3 μm. Sugarcane starch formed complexes with iodine, which showed greater absorption in the range of 540 to 620 nm. Sugarcane starch showed higher susceptibility to glucoamylase compared to that of waxy maize, cassava, and potato starch. Sugarcane starch also showed susceptibility to debranching amylolytic pullulanases similar to that of waxy rice starch. It also showed susceptibility to α-amylase from Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, and Aspergillus oryzae similar to that of the other tested starches producing glucose, maltose, maltotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentose and limit α- dextrin.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier0101-2061
dc.identifierhttps://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=395940110040
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/457128
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
dc.relationhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3959
dc.rightsCiência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
dc.sourceCiência e Tecnologia de Alimentos (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.31
dc.subjectAgrociencias
dc.titleSugarcane starch: quantitative determination and characterization
dc.typeartículo científico

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