Studies on effect of temperature and time on textural and rheological properties of starch isolated from traditional rice cultivars of Kashmir (India).

Abstract

Rheological properties of starch are affected by amylose contents, lipid contents, branch chain length distribution of amylopectin. The starch from different varieties depicted variable textural and rheological properties at various time: temperature combinations. No research has been reported to explore the effect of time and temperature on the textural and rheological properties of starch isolated from these traditional rice cultivars. The starches from traditional rice cultivars (native or indigenous rice cultivars of a region) indicated novel characteristic as compared to other cultivars in terms of their higher amylose content, starch yield, purity, clarity, solubility, syneresis, turbidity, and rheology. The novelty of this research was to exploit the desirable properties of starch obtained from traditional rice cultivars that had better characteristics than the hybrid varieties. This in turn led the various agencies to motivate the farmers to encourage their cultivation, provide an essential platform to scientists to inherit their valuable characteristics.