Factors Affecting Viscosity of Slurries of Oat Groat Flours

Autor: Douglas C. Doehlert, Decai Zhang, Wayne R. Moore
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Cereal Chemistry Journal. 74:722-726
ISSN: 0009-0352
DOI: 10.1094/cchem.1997.74.6.722
Popis: Oat grain is routinely kilned and steamed before milling to develop flavor and to inactivate lipid-degrading enzymes. Heat treatments can significantly affect viscous properties, which have functional and nutritional importance. Oat flour slurries (23%, w/w, solids dry basis) made from steamed (for 20 min) or autoclaved (at 121°C, 15 psi, for 10 min) grain developed high viscosities, whereas flour slurries made from raw or kilned (105°C for 90 min) oats did not. Flour slurries made from raw groats, surface-sterilized by 1% hypochlorite, were more viscous than untreated raw groat flour slurries, suggesting that β-glucan hydrolases on the surface of the groat caused the viscosity losses observed in raw or kilned groats. However, because viscosities developed by surface-sterilized groats were not as great as in steamed oat-flour slurries and because some roasting treatments also inactivated enzymes without enhancing viscosity, it appears steaming might also affect the β-glucan polymer, resulting in ...
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