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1 Physicochemical properties and digestibility of eleven Vietnamese rice starches with varying
2 amylose contents
Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia,; 2School of Science and Health, Nutrition and Food
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15 Abstract
16 The physicochemical properties of eleven Vietnamese rice starches with apparent amylose
17 contents ranging from 0.2% to 28.4% were investigated to identify the interplaying factors
18 contributing to the in vitro digestibility of starch: in uncooked, cooked in excess water and in
Hàm lượng AMY trong tinh bột gạo chi phối
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19 limited water conditions. Amylose content of rice starches governed the physicochemical
22 of starches both in short range and long range orders (observed by FT-IR and X-ray diffraction
23 respectively). This study found that cooking destructively changed the molecular structure of
24 starch that lead to increase in rate of starch digestion. Cooking in excess water resulted in a
25 higher rate of starch digestion at least by 2 fold in all examined starches, suggesting that in this
26 cooking condition factors that would normally limit the rate of digestion were eliminated.
27 Cooking in limited water that was similar to domestic cooking conditions, seemed to allow rice
28 starch granules to rearrange and interact together and limited the rate of digestion compared to
29 cooking in excess water. It can be concluded that physicochemical properties of starch can
30 predict the digestibility of raw starches only but not cooked starches. The digestion of rice starch
31 cooked in limited water cannot be predicted by just studying the uncooked starches or cooking in
32 excess water.
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34 Keywords
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37 1 Introduction
38 Rice (Oryza sativa, L.) is one of the main staple foods for a majority of the Asian population and
40 Studies have shown that the degree of starch digestion varies between starchy foods, suggesting
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41 the choice of foods with lower glucose response so as to prevent type 2 diabetes, obesity and
43 starch digestion has been extensively investigated. It is generally assumed that physicochemical
44 properties of starch such as amylose content, gelatinisation and pasting properties, degree of
45 crystallisation, swelling power and granular surface short range order structure, amylopectin fine
46 structure, etc. strongly correlated with rice starch digestion in form of cooked 2-6 or uncooked
48 rice starch seem to be oversimplified and maintained unclear, may somehow mislead customer’s
49 choice of rice varieties having low starch digestibility. In addition, majority of studies were very
50 limited in which only few varieties have been studied with different amylose contents, and thus
51 drawn conclusions seem to be generalised for other varieties. The extent of starch digestibility
52 has been reported to be dependent on cooking methods 9-11. Most of the studies have addressed
53 rice starch digestibility of rice cooked in excessive water, however, practically, rice is mostly
54 cooked in limited water, especially in a rice cooker. Also, the existing literature has raised
55 doubts about whether uncooked starch digestion can predict cooked starch digestion, particularly
57 of eleven rice starches isolated from eleven rice varieties with a wide range of amylose contents
58 and their starch digestibilities in the forms of uncooked, cooked in excess water and in limited
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61 2.1 Materials
62 Enzymes and chemicals were obtained from the following sources: pepsin (Sigma P-6887, from
63 gastric porcine mucosa), pancreatin (Sigma P-1625 from porcine pancreas) and
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64 amyloglucosidase (Novozyme, 300L AMG). Rice varieties e.g., Jasmine, VD20, OM6976,
66 Vietnam), other rice varieties (provide details here) were collected from Nam Dinh province,
67 Vietnam.
69 Rice starch was isolated from rice grains using the alkaline steeping according to the method of
70 Wang and Wang12 with some modifications. Rice grains (100g) were soaked in 200 ml of 0.1%
71 NaOH for 18 hours, blended using Thermomix (Thermomix, Australia) for 2 minutes at high
72 speed. The starch slurry was passed through a micro-sieve 63µm and centrifuged at 1400g for 10
73 min. The supernatant was removed. The starch layer was washed with deionized water and
74 centrifuged. Then the starch was re-slurried and neutralized with 1.0M HCl to pH 6.5 and
75 centrifuged. Starch was washed with deionised water at least 3 times before drying at 45oC for
76 48h, passed through 200µm sieve and stored at room temperature. The isolated starches were
77 tested for apparent amylose content following the AACC 61-03 method13. The isolated starches
79 2.3 Swelling power (SP) and pasting properties of rice starches (RVA)
80 Swelling power of starch was determined based on the method developed by Tsai, Li and Lii 14.
81 The SP was calculated using the formula: SP = Ws/ [0.1(100% - WSI)] (g/g), where WSI is the
82 water soluble index (WSI = [W1/0.1] x 100%), W1 is the soluble starch fraction and Ws is the
83 sediment.
84 Pasting properties of rice starches were determined by using the Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA
85 Series 1, Newport Scientific, Warriewood, Australia) following the AACC 61-0213. The RVA
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86 graphs were generated and the results were calculated by Thermoline software 2.2 (Newport
89 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) Q20 Series (TA Instrument, New Castle, DE) was used
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90 to investigate thermal properties of rice starches. Around 3 mg of sample was mixed with water
92 temperature at least 2 hours before running the DSC. Samples were heated from 30 to 100oC at
93 the rate of 10oC/min. The temperature and transitions were recorded and calculated by TA
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97 PANalytical Xpert Multipurpose X-ray Diffraction System (MP XRD, X′ Pert Pro, PANalytical,
98 Netherlands) was used to observe the crystalline pattern of starch samples. Starches (12%
99 moisture content) were measured in triplicate with target voltage around 40kV, target current of
100 45 mA. The instrument was equipped with a copper X-ray generator (λ = 1.54 Å), programmable
101 incident beam divergence slit and diffracted beam scatter slit, and an X’celerator high speed
102 detector. X-ray diffractograms were acquired at room temperature over the 2θ range of 6–50°
103 with a step size 2θ of 2.0°/min. The relative crystallinity of the starches was quantitatively
104 calculated using peak-fitting technique15 by using MagicPlot 4.0 software (MagicPlot, MagicPlot
107 FT-IR of rice starches (12% moisture content) were performed by using a Bruker IFS66/S
108 Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer equipped with a tungsten halogen lamp, a KBr beam
109 splitter, ATR single crystal and a DTGS detector. The spectra in the region of 1200-800 cm-1
110 were recorded from the co-added interferograms of 32 scans with resolution of 4 cm-1. The IR
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111 absorbance values at 1047 and 1022 cm-1 were extracted from the deconvoluted spectra and their
114 The protocol of in vitro digestion described by Muir and O’Dea16 was used with some
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115 modifications. For uncooked rice starches, 100mg of starch (in dried weight) was transferred into
117 added. The gastric phase was mimicked by adding 5mL of pepsin solution in HCl 0.02M
118 (1mg/mL). The containers were placed in a sample holder of the Glycemic Analyzer (GI20, Next
119 Instrument, Australia) for 30 min operating at 37oC with stirring speed of 200 rpm. After 30 min,
120 the solution was neutralized by 15mL of 0.02M NaOH and 25mL of acetate buffer (0.2M, pH 6)
121 was added to each container. The containers were equilibrated at 37oC for 5 min before adding
122 5mL of enzyme mixture (2mg/mL of pancreatin; 28U/mL amyloglucosidase). The containers
123 were incubated for 5 hours and the hydrolysates were taken with different time intervals.
124 Glucose released was measured using the glucose analyser (GL6, Analox, India). For the cooked
125 rice starch in excess water, the procedure for cooking was according to Reed, Ai, Leutcher and
126 Jane10 with modifications. 100mg of rice starch (dried weight) was transferred into a 120mL
127 plastic container and cooked with 5mL of deionized water in boiling water bath (Ratek
128 8WB20D, Edwards Group Pty Ltd. Narellan NSW 2567, Australia) for 10 min. The temperature
129 of cooked starch was brought to 37oC and immediately adjusted to a total volume of 10mL with
130 0.02M HCl and the digestion was done following the aforementioned procedure. Rice starches
131 were also cooked by simulating the conditions of cooking for normal consumption which was
132 modified from 17 procedure. 3 grams of rice starch was weighed into a 15mL glass container with
133 screw cap and water was added in the ratio of 2:3 and 1:1 for non-waxy and waxy rice starches,
134 respectively. All glass containers were placed in a rice cooker (Kambrook Electric, NSW,
135 Australia) containing 200 grams of white rice and 300 grams of water. Rice starch was cooked in
136 an electric rice cooker with a fixed pre-determined time. 100mg of freshly cooked starch (dried
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137 weight) were transferred into a 120mL plastic container and immediately digested using the
140 The dried uncooked starches and residues after digestion were spread on 26 mm diameter
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141 circular metal stubs coated with dual-sided adhesive carbon. The stubs were transferred into a
143 Emitech K550X Sputter Coating Systems (Emitech, England) under vacuum and argon
144 environment (5 min at 125mA), yielding around 50 nm coating thickness. Coated samples were
145 imaged in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), Hitachi S-3400 (Tokyo, Japan) at an
147
149 The first-order model (Eq.(1)) developed by Goñi, Garcia-Alonso and Saura-Calixto18 was used
150 to investigate the kinetics of rice starch digestion that mimics the small intestinal conditions.
152 Where C = starch digested (expressed as % db) at incubation time t (min), C∞ = equilibrium
153 starch digested (express as % db), K = digestion rate coefficient (min-1). K values were obtained
154 by a nonlinear-least-squares fit of the Eq. (1) using GraphPad Prism 6.0 (GraphPad Software,
155 Inc.)
156 The data are reported as means with standard deviations of triplicate measurements. Analysis of
157 variance (ANOVA) with Duncan’s multiple tests and Pearson correlation were determined by
159
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162 Amylose is an important component of the rice starch granule, affecting cooking and sensory
163 qualities, physicochemical properties and bioavailability of starch. Apparent amylose content of
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164 Vietnamese rice starches in this study ranged from 0.2 to 28.4 % (Table 1). According to
166 into: waxy (0-2% amylose in white glutinous and Cai Hoa Vang), low amylose (8-20% in Bac
167 Thom, Jasmine and VD20), intermediate amylose (21-25% including Tam Xoan, OM4218) and
168 high amylose (>25% including OM6976, IR50404, Luong Quang and Q5). The range of amylose
169 content in this study is quite different from that reported earlier20 (1.9-39.7%). Variation in
170 reported amylose values is most likely due to the difference in analytical method used. Various
171 factors affecting the amylose content have been extensively reviewed21. For example, amylose
172 contents of Cai Hoa Vang, Tam Xoan and Q5 were reported as 2.8, 26.8 and 36.2% respectively
173 in another study20 using the Rice analyzer, which were higher than that measured in the present
174 study.
cấu trúc của cả tinh bột gạo nếp vè gạo tẻ đều có thể bị phá vỡ
ở mức độ tương tụ nhau khi
186 that both waxy and non-waxy rice starches’ structures may be disrupted to a similar extent when
được nấu chín trong nước sôi dư thừa Amylopectin góp phần đáng kể vào hành vi trương nở của tinh bột ngũ cốc,
187 being cooked in excess boiling water. Amylopectin significantly contributed to swelling
trong khi amyloza đóng vai trò như một chất ức chế trương nở.
188 behavior of cereal starches, whereas amylose acted as a swelling inhibitor 23. It is possible that
Có thể việc nấu trong nước thừa ở nhiệt độ cao có thể làm mất vai trò ức chế của amyloza,
189 cooking in excess water at high temperatures may negate the inhibitory role of amylose, making
làm cho các loại tinh bột không sáp nở tự do hơn
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191 Table 1 Swelling power and RVA parameters of rice starches A,B
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194 3.3 X-ray diffraction
195 The supra-molecular structures of rice starches were characterized using the X-ray diffraction technique.
196 The selective diffractograms of rice starches and degree of crystallinity are displayed in Fig 1.
197 Vietnamese rice starches showed a typical A-type diffraction pattern with crystalline peaks at 15o, 17o,
198 18o, 20o and 23o (Fig. 1). The XRD patterns were quite similar between starches though differences in
199 peak intensities were recorded. Differences in intensity reflect the variation in degree of crystallinities
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201 contents of starches were proportional to the degree of crystallinity. White glutinous rice had the highest
202 and Q5 starch had the lowest crystallinity. The crystalline structure of starch granules is formed by the
203 packing of double helices of amylopectin (long range ordered structure) 24. Higher amount of
204 amylopectin is expected to have higher crystallinity as observed. The relative crystallinities found in this
205 study is much higher than that previously reported values7. An alternative fitting method15 was used in
206 which crystalline peaks were deconvoluted and the relative crystallinity was calculated based on each
207 individual peak area, resulting in higher and more accurate prediction of crystallinity of starch.
208
209 Fig. 1 X-ray diffractogram (crystallinity) of selected Vietnamese rice starches. Crystalline peaks in
210 degree and percentage relative crystallinity of individual rice starches are shown. Data have been
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212 3.4 Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy
213
White Glutinous
0.8 A VD20 B
Tam xoan
Q5
Luong Quang
0.6
Relative absorbance
Jasm ine
Cai Hoa Vang
Bacthom
0.4 OM6976
OM4218
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IR504
0.0
1200 1100 1000 900 800
Wavenumber (cm-1)
214
215 Fig.2 FT-IR spectra of raw rice starches (A) presented from 800 to 1200 cm-1and 1047/1022cm-1
216 ratios (B). The bar graph shows the trend of decreasing amylose content from left to right
217 The infrared spectroscopy was used to explore the short range molecular order structure near the granule
218 surface of rice starches. The FT-IR spectra of rice starches, from 800-1200cm-1 (Fig. 2A) appeared to be
219 similar. Van Soest, Tournois, de Wit, and Vliegenthart 25 reported that FT-IR bands at 1047 cm-1 and
220 1022cm-1 denote ordered and amorphous regions, respectively. The ratio of the intensity of these bands
221 (1047/1022) was used as a convenient index to exemplify the degree of short range order of the starches
222 (crystalline of double helices). 1047/1022 ratios of rice starches are presented in Fig.2B. Waxy rice
223 starches had the highest 1047/1022 ratios among tested rice starches that were in agreement with a
224 previous study 7. It is quite clear that amylopectin predominantly denotes amount of double-helix in
225 waxy rice starches. Q5 and Luong Quang starches (highest in amylose contents) were characterized with
226 very low 1047/1022 ratios (0.69 and 0.67, respectively). However, in high amylose starches (>20%),
227 FT-IR ratios were not necessarily low. For example, OM4128 was relatively high in 1047/1022 ratios
228 (0.72) although its amylose content was 23.8%, indicating the contribution of amylose in forming
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gạo nếp và gạo tẻ tinh bột gạo đỉnh nhớt, độ nhớt thiết lập lại và độ nhớt cuối cùng được tìm thấy ở
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234 glutinous and non-glutinous rice starches. Low peak, setback and final viscosities were found in White
tinh bột gạo nếp (Cái Hoa Vàng và White) theo báo cáo này, các hạt tinh bột gạo nếp dễ rã và kém cứng hơn
235 and Cai Hoa Vang glutinous rice starches. It is reported that easily disintegrated and less rigid glutinous
có thể làm giảm khả năng chịu lực cắt kết quả giảm độ nhớt đỉnh
236 rice starch granules may reduce the resistance to shear force; consequently decreasing peak viscosity 22.
nhệt độ nhão của hồ (past) của tinh bột gạo VN trong khoảng từ 68-91 độ
237 The pasting temperature of Vietnamese rice starches ranged from 68-91oC (Table 1). Pasting
tinh bột gạo nếp Cái Hoa Vàng và cao nhất trong tinh bột gạo tẻ LQ và TX
nhiệt độ hồ (past) được tìm thấy là thấp nhất trong
238 temperature was found to be lowest in Cai Hoa Vang glutinous rice starch and highest in Luong Quang
phát hiện này xác nhận rằng tinh bột gạo nếp dễ bị hồ hóa hơn
239 and Tam Xoan starches. This finding confirms that glutinous rice starch is more prone to gelatinization
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tinh bột gạo tẻ giá trị độ nhớt thiết lập lại trong nghiên cứu này là cao nhất đối với tinh bột có hàm lượng AMY cao
so với
246 from an intermediate amylose starch also causes exceptionally high setback as observed in Tam Xoan
249 Gelatinization properties of Vietnamese rice starches were determined by DSC. The DSC parameters of
250 endotherms associated with gelatinization of Vietnamese rice starches are presented in Table 2.
tinh bột gạo nếp có đỉnh thu nhiệt rộng rõ rệt
251 Glutinous rice starch (Cai Hoa Vang and White glutinous) had distinct broad endothermic peaks
trong khi đỉnh nóng chảy nông được phát hiện ở các guống có chứa hàm lượng AMY cao nhất
252 whereas shallow melting peaks were detected in varieties containing the highest amylose starches
Xem hình 3A cho các loại tinh bột khác xu hướng đỉnh thu nhiệt cao hơn và sắc nét hơn
253 (Luong Quang and Q5) (Fig.3A). For other starches, a trend of sharper and higher endothermic peak
được tìm thấy tương ứng với việc tăng hàm lượng AMY đặc biệt là TX, 504, OM4218
254 was found corresponding to increasing amylose content, especially in Tam Xoan, IR50404, OM4218
Xem hình 3B nhiệt độ chuyển tiếp
255 and OM6976 starches (Fig.3B). Temperatures of transition including onset (To), peak (Tp), conclusion
khoảng nhiệt độ hồ hóa
256 (Tc), gelatinization temperature range (∆T= Tc-To) and gelatinization enthalpy (∆H) are presented in the
phạm vi nhiệt độ chuyển tiếp
257 supplementary Table S1. DSC endothermic parameters varied between starches. The range of transition
258 temperatures were To, 52.1-66.9oC; Tp, 65.6-75.4oC; Tc, 78.1-85.9oC; ∆T, 19.3-33.5oC; and ∆H was 9.2-
giá trị ..... cao nhất được tìm tháy trong tinh bột gạo nếp
259 13.0 (J/g). The highest ∆H and ∆T values were found in waxy rice starches. Endothermic transition has
260 been reported as the loss of crystallites which were mainly formed by amylopectin 26. High degrees of
261 crystallinity found in Vietnamese waxy rice starches (Fig.1) explained their relatively high
To: nhiệt độ bắt đầu phản ứng hồ hóa
Tp: nhietj độ phản ứng cực đại
Tc: nhiệt độ kết thúc phản ứng
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262 gelatinization enthalpies. In addition, large gelatinization temperature range of these starches may have
263 also amplified gelatinization enthalpies since transition temperature range is proportional to enthalpy.
264 On the other hand, amylose is associated with increase in heat capacity of starch 27 and may somehow
265 increase gelatinization enthalpies. However, this trend was not observed in Luong Quang and Q5
266 starches (amylose >26%, Table 1) which had significantly lower gelatinization enthalpies. It is possible
267 low gelatinization enthalpies in these starches could be because of their low short range order
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269 order 28. The significantly (p<0.05) low 1047/1022 ratios found in Luong Quang and Q5 starches may
A B
271
272 Fig. 3 Differential scanning calorimetry curves of (A): low Tp starches and (B): high Tp starches.
276 In vitro digestion of starches in uncooked, cooked in excess water and limited water were conducted.
277 Digestion rate and extent for uncooked rice starches are presented in Table 2. Digestion behaviors of
278 starches precisely followed first-order and fit the non-linear equation Eq.1. (R2> 0.95, the data not show
279 here). The fitted digestograms are plotted and presented in Fig.S1A. Highest rates of starch digestion
280 were found in Cai Hoa Vang [(10.39 ± 0.29) x 10-3] and White Glutinous [(10.02 ± 0.53) x 10-3] starches
281 in which most of their starches were hydrolyzed within the first 180min. As visualized by SEM
282 imaging, Cai Hoa Vang starches (Fig.4A) were damaged by amyloytic enzyme after 1 hour and very
283 small fragmented residues were observed after 3 hours. In contrast, IR50404, OM6976, OM4218 and
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284 Tam Xoan starches were characterized with a very low rate and extent of digestion (Table 2) and
285 showed a high resistance to starch hydrolysis. These starches were gradually hydrolyzed by α-amylase
286 over the digestion time course (Fig. S1A). SEM imaging also demonstrated that OM4218 starch
287 granules were less degraded and no cavity was found on granular surface. In comparison, other starches
288 showed intermediate level of starch digestibility, that is, in Cai Hoa Vang and OM4218 starches.
289 Cavities were found on surface of these starches after 60 min digestion (Fig.4B, Fig.4D) as proof of rate
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291 The relationship between the digestion rate coefficient of raw starch and physicochemical parameters
292 have been analyzed and presented in Table S2. The digestion rate coefficient negatively correlated with
293 amylose content of tested starches. However, starches containing the highest amylose content do not
294 necessarily have the lowest digestion rate coefficients. For example, Q5 and Luong Quang had the
295 highest amylose contents (28.4 and 27.5% respectively) but were characterized with intermediate rate
296 coefficients. In fact, the presence of supra-molecular arrangement of amylose in starch granules are most
297 likely governing the physicochemical properties of starches and would indirectly be associated with
298 amylolytic susceptibility. Firstly, amylose content contributed to forming compact and stable native
299 starch granules resisting amylase hydrolysis. The structure stability was clearly reflected in the
300 resistance to swelling and gelatinization (especially low in SP, high in pasting temperature, onset of
301 gelatinization and peak gelatinization temperatures) as seen in IR50404, OM6976, OM4218 and Tam
302 Xoan starches. Thus, the correlations between digestion rate coefficients of uncooked rice starches and
303 physicochemical parameters were established as indicated in Table S2. On the other hand, the amylase
304 susceptibility of native starches is reported to be affected by organization of the starch granular surface
29
305 . It is generally accepted that a higher FT-IR ratio of starch (1047/1022cm-1) should result in greater
306 resistance to starch digestion25, 29. However, this relationship was not observed in this study. According
307 to Jenkins and Donald30, the presence of amylose may form a co-crystalline network between amylose
308 and amylopectin. It is possible that only ordered structures derived from amylopectin and reinforced by
309 amylose can make the starch granular surface more stable and less porous; resulting in less starch
310 hydrolysis. For example, OM4218 had the highest 1044/1022 cm-1 ratio (0.72) among the non-waxy rice
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311 starches and was more resistant to amylase hydrolysis. The lack of surface cavities caused by enzyme
314 In this experiment, the rice starches were cooked in excess water and their starch digestibilities were
315 investigated. Table 2 showed that cooking in excess water significantly increased the digestibility of all
316 rice starches. The non-linear first order fit of digested starch by time (Fig.S1B) and the extent of
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318 much higher compared to that of raw starches in which the extent of digestion in the first 30min
319 increased 2-7-fold and the rate coefficient increased up to 8 fold. Only minor, although statistically
320 significant (p<0.05), differences were found in the rate and extent of starch digestion between samples
321 cooked in excess water (Table 2). The results indicate that the molecular arrangement of starch acted as
322 a rate limiting step and was possibly disrupted by cooking making starches more susceptible to
323 amylolysis. The relationship between physicochemical properties and rate coefficients were further
324 analyzed for cooked starches in excess water and shown in Table S2. Although very similar
325 relationships were found, the correlation and degree of significance decreased, in comparison to raw
326 starches. Our results indicate that physicochemical parameters more closely correlate to native starch
327 digestion rather than cooked starch. However, caution in interpreting correlations between
328 physicochemical parameters and cooked starch digestibility should be taken. For example, IR50404
329 starch was high in amylose (27%) but its starch digestibility was also very high when being cooked in
332 Considering that rice is always eaten in cooked form mostly using the absorption method with limited
333 water to rice ratio. In the current study, rice starches were cooked in a way that mimicked domestic
334 cooking using an electrical rice cooker. The behavior of digestion was studied and is presented in Table
335 2 and Fig.S1C. Generally, starch digestibility was highly variable between samples and the rate of
336 digestion significantly decreased (p<0.01), compared to that of starch cooked in excess water. The
337 cooking conditions probably allowed starch granules to swell and interact with adjacent granules. When
338 heating high starch concentration solutions (20% w/w starch to water), the gel network may be formed
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339 (mainly by amylose) and reinforced by interaction between swollen starch granules 31. This sort of gel
340 did not exist when starch was cooked in excess water since the concentration of starch was too low. The
341 rearrangement of amylose and amylopectin at molecular and granular levels could significantly
342 influence the amylolytic susceptibility of the cooked rice starches. At the molecular level, both amylose
343 and amylopectin may form a gel structure between high molecular weight polymer molecules following
344 further increase in crystallinity in the polymer rich regions. The formation of such gels, in turn, act as a
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346 cooked rice starch in limited water was found to be independent of physicochemical properties (Table
347 S.2). The retrogradation of the starch gel was strongly influenced by physicochemical properties of
348 starch32, 33 and was thought to have a good correlation with digestibility of starch. However, the starch in
349 this study was freshly cooked and digested, which minimized retrogradation as a consequence. Factors
350 other than amylose such as interactions between the leached components of starch and amylopectin fine
351 structure (not included here) influence the digestibility of cooked starch in limited water. The correlation
352 between digestion rate coefficient of starch in the raw, cooked in excess water and cooked in limited
353 water conditions were investigated (Fig.S2). Though, statistically significant (p<0.05), very weak
354 correlations were found, indicating that digestibility of raw starch will not predict digestibility of cooked
355 rice starches. In addition, rice starch cooked in excess water behaved differently when in contact with
356 amylolytic enzymes compared to starch being cooked in limited water. Thus, digestibility of cooked
357 starch in excess water should not be used to assume the digestibility of cooked starch in limited water,
358 especially in the case of rice cooked in a rice cooker with limited water to rice ratio.
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361 Table 2 Extent and rate of digestion of rice starches in uncooked, cooked in excess water and in limited water A,B
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Fig. 4 SEM images of Cai Hoa Vang (A), VD20 (B), OM4218 (C) and Luong Quang (D) starches in forms of undigested, digested for 1 hour and 3
hours at the same magnification of 3000X
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372 4 Conclusion
373 Starches with a wide range of amylose contents vary in swelling power, pasting and thermal
374 properties and supra-molecular structure. Amylose in rice starch seemed to be a factor limiting
375 the rate of digestion of the raw and the cooked starch in excess water. However, cooked starch in
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376 limited water behaved differently to amylolysis compared to raw starch and cooked starch in
378 to raw starch. The structural rearrangement of starches when being cooked in limited water may
379 act as a barrier for enzymatic digestion resulting in lower rate coefficients compared to those of
380 starches cooked in excess water. Amylose content, physicochemical properties and molecular
381 order of starch suitably explain the raw starch but not cooked starch digestibility. The
382 digestibility of raw rice starch and rice starch cooked in excess water are not appropriate for
383 predicting digestibility of cooked starches in limited water. Caution should be taken when
384 choosing rice varieties for preventing and managing type 2 diabetes based on digestibilities of
385 raw starch and cooked in excess water. Cooking conditions should be very carefully chosen to
386 predict the digestibility of cooked rice grains as they should reflect the domestic cooking
387 conditions.
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Digestion of rice starches cooked in limited water is significantly different to raw or when
cooked in excess water
Physicochemical
properties Weak correlation
100 B
80
h y d ro ly s e d s ta rc h (% )
Isolated Cooked in 40
0
0 60 120 180 240 300
D ig e s t io n t im e ( m in )
1 0 0
A
8 0
h y d r o ly s e d s t a r c h (% )
6 0
4 0
Strong correlation
2 0
0
0 6 0 1 2 0 1 8 0 2 4 0 3 0 0
D ig e s t io n tim e (m in )
Cooked in 1 0 0
8 0
C
h y d r o ly s e d s t a r c h (% )
limited water 6 0
4 0
V D 2 0
6 9 7 6 J A S M IN E
L u o n g Q u a n g Q 5
2 0
O M 4 2 1 8 B a c T h o m
W H IT E G L U T IN O U S C a i H o a V a n g
IR 5 0 4 0 4 T a m X o a n
0
0 6 0 1 2 0 1 8 0 2 4 0 3 0 0
D ig e s t io n tim e (m in )
No correlation