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. 2018 May 30:249:104-110.
doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.007. Epub 2018 Jan 2.

Exploring high hydrostatic pressure-mediated germination to enhance functionality and quality attributes of wholegrain brown rice

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Exploring high hydrostatic pressure-mediated germination to enhance functionality and quality attributes of wholegrain brown rice

Qiang Xia et al. Food Chem. .

Abstract

This investigation aims to evaluate the effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) applied prior to germination on functionality and quality of wholegrain-germinated brown rice (GBR). Wholegrain brown rice (WBR) were firstly stressed by HHP treatments (50-350 MPa/20 min), and then incubated at 37 °C to obtain GBR grains after a 2-day soaking period. Gama-aminobutyric acid contents significantly depended on the pressure applied, showing 25% increment in 50 MPa-stressed grains compared to the control. HHP shock led to significantly improved in vitro starch digestibility, which was related to the transformation of crystalline starch granules into amorphous form as consistently revealed by scanning electron microscope imaging and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. HHP-pretreated samples achieved markedly enhanced storability by influencing kinetic curves of lipid hydrolysis and oxidation. These results suggested that metabolic response to HHP during germination could significantly improve functional and quality characteristics of WBR products.

Keywords: Gama-aminobutyric acid (GABA); Gama-aminobutyric acid (PubChem CID: 119); Glucose (PubChem CID: 5793); Glutamic acid (PubChem CID: 611); High hydrostatic pressure; High pressure stress; High-pressure priming technique; In vitro digestibility; Malondialdehyde (PubChem CID: 10,964); Oleic acid (PubChem CID: 445,639); Soaking and germination; Storability; Succinate (PubChem CID: 160,419); Wholegrain brown rice.

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