Germination represents a vital bioprocess characterized by numerous biochemical transformations that significantly influence the nutritional characteristics of rice. The mobilization of starch and lipids during germination plays a pivotal role in altering the dietary profile of rice, thus potentially addressing the nutritional requirements of populations heavily reliant on rice as a staple food. To explore this potential, a comprehensive analysis encompassing lipidomics and starch composition was conducted on a diverse collection of pigmented rice sprouts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRice starch has been used in various agri-food products due to its hypoallergenic properties. However, rice starch has poor solubility, lower resistant starch content with reduced retrogradation and poor functional properties. Hence, its industrial applications are rather limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a green, nonthermal, and innovative technology, ultrasonication generates acoustic cavitation in an aqueous medium, developing physical forces that affect the starch chemistry and rice grain characteristics. This review describes the current information on the effect of ultrasonication on the morphological, textural, and physicochemical properties of rice starch and grain. In a biphasic system, ultrasonication introduced fissures and cracks, which facilitated higher uptake of water and altered the rice starch characteristics impacting textural properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe data included in this article are related to research paper entitled "Efficient fortification of folic acid in rice through ultrasonic treatment and absorption". These datasets compile the folic acid uptake expressed in concentration and the effects of folic acid fortification on the physical properties of brown and milled rice. We reported the folic acid uptake of rice in increasing fortificant concentration through soaking, one-step, and stepwise fortification protocols.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFolate deficiencies are prevalent in countries with insufficient food diversity. Rice fortification is seen as a viable way to improve the daily intake of folates. This work reports an efficient process of rice fortification involving ultrasonic treatment and absorption of the folic acid fortificant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work investigates the effect of sonication on brown and milled rice grains of both waxy and non-waxy varieties. We report herein the microstructural analysis of uncooked rice kernels under sonication and its effect on the textural properties. X-ray computed tomography results showed the formation of microporous surfaces and the creation of cracks and fissures.
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