Research Article

Structural and Physicochemical Characteristics of Granular Malic Acid-Treated Sweet Potato Starch Containing Heat-Stable Resistant Starch

Table 1

Degree of substitution and in vitro digestibility of raw and malic acid-treated sweet potato starches.

SampleDSNoncooked starchCooked starch
RDS (%)SDS (%)RS (%)RDS (%)SDS (%)RS (%)

Rawn/d14.5 ± 1.20a52.9 ± 4.20d32.6 ± 3.07bc59.6 ± 5.90c19.8 ± 2.45d20.6 ± 3.52a
2.0M-25n/d15.5 ± 0.25a55.2 ± 2.41d29.3 ± 2.24ab67.9 ± 3.38de13.7 ± 4.04c18.4 ± 0.80a
DW-130n/d21.1 ± 0.73b51.8 ± 1.76d27.0 ± 1.79a71.8 ± 3.71e8.67 ± 3.65b19.5 ± 1.16a
0.5M-1300.088 ± 0.0068a36.4 ± 1.53c28.7 ± 1.19c34.9 ± 1.51c69.9 ± 1.79e3.57 ± 2.65ab26.6 ± 4.27b
1.0M-1300.127 ± 0.0094b48.5 ± 2.73e12.8 ± 0.87b38.7 ± 1.86d64.0 ± 0.31cd1.83 ± 0.69a34.2 ± 0.96c
1.5M-1300.184 ± 0.0058c46.9 ± 1.16e6.63 ± 1.86a46.5 ± 2.83e52.8 ± 1.55b3.87 ± 2.61ab43.3 ± 1.93d
2.0M-1300.214 ± 0.0029d41.9 ± 0.74d4.72 ± 0.70a53.4 ± 0.69f45.2 ± 0.84a4.86 ± 2.39ab49.9 ± 2.57e

DS, degree of substitution; RDS, rapidly digestible starch; SDS, slowly digestible starch; RS, resistant starch; n/d, not detected. The values with different superscripts in each column are significantly different () by Duncan’s multiple range test.