Research Article

Moisture Effect on Characteristics of Slowly Digestible Potato Starch Prepared under Electron Beam Irradiation

Table 2

Pasting properties of the starch samples.

CharacteristicsSample
CT11.74EB11.74EB14.84EB17.51EB19.24EB28.94

Tgel (° C)60.9 ± 0.2a61.1 ± 0.0bc61.0 ± 0.1ab61.2 ± 0.1c61.4 ± 0.1d62.7 ± 0.1e
Vpeak (BU)1482 ± 1f699 ± 3a833 ± 8b891 ± 1c961 ± 3d1195 ± 5e
Vtrough (BU)385 ± 2f73 ± 1a89 ± 1b98 ± 1c123 ± 3d400 ± 2e
Vfinal (BU)1122 ± 4f211 ± 1a218 ± 1b235 ± 1c255 ± 3d707 ± 1e
Vbreakdown (BU)1098 ± 6f626 ± 7a744 ± 2b793 ± 3c838 ± 1d795 ± 1c
Vsetback (BU)559 ± 2f77 ± 3a80 ± 1b85 ± 1c91 ± 5d329 ± 3e

The results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Means in a row with different superscript letters are significantly different ().