Abstract
ABSTRACTWhen wheat starch granules containing various amounts of amylose (2.1–25%) were stained with 25% KI/10% I2 solution, the granules largely changed to ghost structures below ≈5.0% amylose. The ghost showed a typical double structure: a black‐brown central portion and a red‐brown surrounding portion. The proportion of the black‐brown central portion in the ghost was strongly correlated to the amylose content (%) in the starch, that is, the black‐brown central portion decreased with a decrease in amylose. This suggests that amylose is possibly present in the black‐brown central portion. Sonication (20 kHz) followed by centrifugation of the ghost separated the black‐brown central portion from the red‐brown surrounding portion, and the amylose content in each portion was determined. The results indicated that the amylose content in the black‐brown central portion was 6.9%, whereas in the surrounding portion, it was only 1.0%. Furthermore, the central and surrounding portions were subjected to Sepharose CL‐2B gel‐filtration column chromatography and the presence of amylose could only be observed in the black‐brown central portion.
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