Crystalline Parts of Three Different Conformations Detected in Native and Enzymatically Degraded Starches

Abstract

Abstract We examined cereals and legume starches with different amylose contents, using X‐ray wide‐angle scattering. The parts of polymorphs in the crystalline regions and the crystallinity of the starches were determined. The high‐amylose starches hold 74.6%‐84.6% B‐type and 15.4%‐22.6% VH‐type. Crystallinity of high‐amylose starches is xc = 0.154–0.17. According to phase analysis of the scattering curve of wheat starch 6.8% B‐type and 93.2% A‐type are contained. Thus, in the crystalline phase wheat starch is more heterogeneous than maize starch. The residuary substance of heterogeneous hydrolysis of wheat starch at T1 =58°C is an insoluble sediment, which does contain already 17.1 % VH‐Amylose. This is the proof of the amylose‐lipid complex in the sediment. If the temperature of hydrolysis raised to 70°C, the VH,‐amylose proportion increased to 80.5%. Since the crystalline VH‐ structures are detectable during heterogeneous hydrolysis as from T1 = 58°C, they seem to have contained already in native starch.