Research Article

Technological Properties of Wheat/Trifoliate Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) Hardened Tubers Composite Flours

Table 3

Loadings for the first four varimax rotated principal components.

VariablesPC1PC2PC3PC4

Proteins0.58−0.80−0.07−0.06
WSI−0.88−0.250.000.41
WAC−0.930.19−0.27−0.10
OAC−0.93−0.19−0.27−0.12
EA0.56−0.82−0.030.01
ES0.650.50−0.560.04
Density0.90−0.05−0.180.36
Zeleny index0.66−0.70−0.09−0.19
LGC−0.70−0.64−0.19−0.04
Hagberg falling number0.550.800.01−0.14

Eigen value5.623.250.540.38
% total variance56.2032.455.353.84
Cumulated Eigen value5.628.879.409.78
Cumulated variance (%)56.2088.6594.0197.84

Loadings with absolute values higher than 0.56 represent a significant contribution.
WAC: water absorption capacity.
OAC: oil absorption capacity.
WSI: water solubility index.
EA: emulsion activity.
ES: emulsion stability.
LGC: least gelatinisation concentration.