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Characterization of Red Bean (Phaseolus Radiatus Var. Aurea)
Characterization of Red Bean (Phaseolus Radiatus Var. Aurea)
Characterization of Red Bean (Phaseolus Radiatus Var. Aurea)
Aurea)
Starch and Its Noodle Quality
CHENG-YI LII and SHUH-MING CHANG
bean) were cooked with the proper amount of water for 10 min. value of the starch was 4.83%. The value is much lower
Texture wasevaluatedby 10 experiencedjudges. than those of other legume starches which are generally
in the range 6.0-7.5% (Schoch and Maywald, 1968;
RESULTS & DISCUSSION Tolmasquim et al., 1971).
The swelling power and solubility patterns of the starch
Proximate composition of red bean are shown in Figure 2. The swelling power of red bean starch
The proximate compositions of red beans are listed in is of the restricted type, like mung bean starch (Chen,
Table 1. Red beans contained about 46% starch and 25% 1978), but is less restricted than that of black bean, yellow
crude protein. These values were approximately the same as pea and navy bean (Lai and Varriano-Marston, 1979;
those of other legume seeds (Yang et al., 1980; FIRDI, Schoch and Maywald, 1968). The solubility pattern, as
1973). usual, paralleled the swelling power.
The Brabender viscosity patterns of the starch pastes
Starch isolation from 6-8% concentrations gave no pasting peak during
cooking. Neither did they show a breakdown of the hot
As shown in Table 2, the three different steeping solu- paste. Such a pattern is similar to those of most legume
tions gave similar starch products. Since the amount of starch pastes and could be classified into type C, according
protein is usually considered as an index of the purity of
to Schochs Classification (Schoch and Maywald, 1968).
legume starch, the starch isolated with sodium hydroxide The iodine affinity value of the red bean starch was not
was used for further studies. The phosphorus content of red high (4.83%), but the starch had high hot paste stability.
bean starch was 0.10 mg/g which was less than that in This phenomenon seems peculiar. The results also indi-
kidney bean starch (Yang et al., 1980). cated that the different steeping solutions used during
starch isolation did not affect the viscosity pattern (Fig. 3).
Physical properties of the starch However, they did influence the pasting viscosities.
Microscopically most red bean starch granules had The strength and the degree of syneresis of red bean
irregular shapes with deep fissures (Fig. lA), which may be starch gels at various concentrations are shown in Table 4.
due to the way in which the granules were packed within The results indicated that the degree of syneresis of red
the protein matrix in the endosperm (Lii and Lineback, bean starch gel is higher than that of mung bean and less
1977). Clearly centric birefringence was observed when the than those of kidney bean and pea starch gels (Yang et al.,
granules was examined under the polarized light (Fig. 1B). 1980). The degree of syneresis increased as the concentra-
The sizes of the granules ranged from 25-67~ which were tion of the starch gel decreased, which is similar to other
relatively larger than those of other legume starches (Kawa- legume starches being studied (Lii, unpublished results).
mura, 1969; Yang et al., 1980; Chen, 1978; Lai and Varria- The gel strength of red bean starch was much weaker than
no-Marston, 1979; Lineback and Ke, 1975). those of mung bean, pea and kidney bean starches (Yang
The gelatinization temperature range of red bean starch
was 63-66.5-70C (Table 3). The range is close to those of
chick pea and horse bean starches (Lineback and Ke, 1975),
but is lower than those of most other legume starches, such
as mung bean (Chen, 1978), kidney bean (Yang et al.,
1980), and black bean (Lai and Varriano-Marston, 1979).
As measured by potentiometric titration, the iodine affinity
Steeping solution
Composition Sodium Sodium
(%, Dry wt basis) Water hydroxide sulfite
Shape Irregular
I
10 10
a The degree of syneresis was determined as the volume of water
separated from 30 ml of the starch gel after storage at 4C for 24 hr.
Noodle Scoreb
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