Research Article

Effect of Natural Fermentation of Sorghum on Resistant Starch Molecular Structure and Fermentation Property

Table 5

X-diffraction 2θ angle and peak width of sorghum starch and resistant starch.

Peak serial numberNative starchUnfermented RSFermented RS

Angle of diffraction 2θ (°)115.191 ± 0.002a12.841 ± 0.001b12.841 ± 0.006b
217.373 ± 0.005a17.206 ± 0.005b17.208 ± 0.004b
318.213 ± 0.002a20.056 ± 0.003b20.059 ± 0.002b
423.248 ± 0.005a22.577 ± 0.005b22.241 ± 0.001b
Grating space (d)15.8276 ± 0.002a6.7998 ± 0.004b6.8883 ± 0.002b
25.1003 ± 0.004c5.1496 ± 0.002b5.2000 ± 0.004a
34.8671 ± 0.002a4.4230 ± 0.002b4.4230 ± 0.005b
43.8230 ± 0.001c3.9642 ± 0.001b3.9938 ± 0.003a
Crystallinity (%)19.72a17.21b16.59c

Note. The difference between the lowercase letters is unsignificant, and the difference between the lowercase letters is significant.