Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan preparations from barley pearling byproducts
β-Glucan, the representative dietary fibre component of barley, has received much attention, primarily due to its nutritional significance. In this study, β-glucans prepared from barley pearling byproducts were characterized with respect to their molecular weight, solubility and viscosity. Following...
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ukm-110582017-12-12T05:28:03Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11058/ Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan preparations from barley pearling byproducts Lee, Young-Tack Puligundla, Pradeep Schwarz, Paul B. β-Glucan, the representative dietary fibre component of barley, has received much attention, primarily due to its nutritional significance. In this study, β-glucans prepared from barley pearling byproducts were characterized with respect to their molecular weight, solubility and viscosity. Following the initial alkaline extraction, the crude β-glucan extract (45% purity) was further purified to approximately 90%. The isolated β-glucans exhibited a wide molecular weight range with peak molecular weight of less than 1 × 106 daltons. Solubilities of crude and purified β-glucans in water were lower than that of β-glucan in the native barley pearling byproducts. However, the aqueous solubility of purified β-glucan from pearlings was substantially higher than that of commercial β-glucan. Compared to the latter, purified β-glucan exhibited low apparent viscosity in aqueous solutions. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11058/1/05%20Young-Tack%20Lee.pdf Lee, Young-Tack and Puligundla, Pradeep and Schwarz, Paul B. (2017) Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan preparations from barley pearling byproducts. Sains Malaysiana, 46 (5). pp. 713-718. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol46num5_2017/contentsVol46num5_2017.html |
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β-Glucan, the representative dietary fibre component of barley, has received much attention, primarily due to its nutritional significance. In this study, β-glucans prepared from barley pearling byproducts were characterized with respect to their molecular weight, solubility and viscosity. Following the initial alkaline extraction, the crude β-glucan extract (45% purity) was further purified to approximately 90%. The isolated β-glucans exhibited a wide molecular weight range with peak molecular weight of less than 1 × 106 daltons. Solubilities of crude and purified β-glucans in water were lower than that of β-glucan in the native barley pearling byproducts. However, the aqueous solubility of purified β-glucan from pearlings was substantially higher than that of commercial β-glucan. Compared to the latter, purified β-glucan exhibited low apparent viscosity in aqueous solutions. |
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Lee, Young-Tack Puligundla, Pradeep Schwarz, Paul B. Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-Glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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molecular weight, solubility and viscosity of β-glucan
preparations from barley pearling byproducts |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
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2017 |
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