Research Article

Yield and Physicochemical Properties of Soluble Dietary Fiber Extracted from Untreated and Steam Explosion-Treated Black Soybean Hull

Table 2

Molecular weight of SDF extracted from SE-treated and untreated black soybean hull.

SamplesNumber average molecular weight (Mn) (kDa)Weight average molecular weight (Mw) (kDa)Polydispersity Pd (Mw/Mn)

SDF from untreated BSH4.386 × 104 (±9.485%)2.815 × 105 (±0.899%)6.417 (±9.527%)
SDF from SE-treated BSH4.886 × 104 (±4.162%)1.478 × 105 (±1.319%)3.025 (±4.366%)

Note: the error upon the signal fluctuations caused by signal noise and small molecular mass is in the bracket behind the data. BSH: black soybean hull; SE: steam explosion. SE treatment conditions: pressure, 1.0 MPa; moisture, 15%; treatment time, 80 s.