Author
Holser, Ronald | |
Carriere, Craig | |
PARK, JONG SHIN - SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | |
Abbott Dr, Thomas |
Submitted to: European Symposium on Industrial Crops and Products
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 3/25/1999 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Lesquerella is a potential new seed crop that contains hydroxy fatty acid triglycerides and approximately 15% seed coat gums. The polysaccharide gum of the Lesquerella fendleri seed was isolated and jet-cooked with cornstarch in a series of laboratory experiments to investigate the viscoelastic properties of the native gum and of gum-modified starch at various solution concentrations. The Lesquerella gum was combined with cornstarch at 1, 5, and 10% levels to produce a jet-cooked and drum dried material with potential application as a thickening or suspension agent. Substitutions of 10% Lesquerella gums for starch in jet- cooked and cooled gels prevented retrogradation over several freeze-thaw cycles. Flow curves were determined for redissolved starch-gum combinations at various concentrations which exhibited slight shear thinning behavior. |