Electron beam irradiation regulates the structure and functionality of ball-milled corn starch: The related mechanism


Shen H. Yu J. Bai J. Ge X. Liang W. Ospankulova G. Muratkhan M. Zhang G. Li W.
1 December 2022Elsevier Ltd

Carbohydrate Polymers
2022#297

The ball milling (BM), electron beam irradiation (EBI), the combination of them, and their effects on granules morphology, multiscale structure, physicochemical properties, and digestibility of corn starch are discussed in this paper. Both BM and EBI reduced crystallinity, amylopectin molecular weight (Mw), pasting viscosities, gelatinization temperatures, and resistant starch (RS) content, but increased amylose Mw and rapidly digestible starch content. BM treatment damages the starch granules, which makes them easier to attack by free radicals of subsequent EBI treatment. In addition, the BM pretreatment promoted starch chain depolymerization and crystalline structure destruction, reinforcing the joint effect of subsequent EBI treatment. Therefore, BM-EBI-starches exhibited lessened crystallinity, amylopectin Mw, pasting viscosities, gelatinization temperatures, enthalpy and RS content than native and single-treated starch. This paper would like to reference potential industrial applications of BM and EBI technologies to modify starch.

Ball milling , Corn starch , Electron beam irradiation , Joint modification , Multiscale structure , Physicochemical properties

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Engineering Research Center of Grain and Oil Functionalized Processing in Universities of Shaanxi Province, College of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, 22 Xinong Road, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
Yangling Hesheng Irradiation Technologies Co., Ltd., Shaanxi, Yangling, 712100, China
Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Zhenis avenue, 62, 010011, Kazakhstan

Engineering Research Center of Grain and Oil Functionalized Processing in Universities of Shaanxi Province
Yangling Hesheng Irradiation Technologies Co.
Kazakh Agrotechnical University

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