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Hong S, Xiao R, Chen G, Zhu Y, Garay A, Yang J, Xu Y, Li Y. Effect of cooking conditions on chickpea flour functionality and its protein physicochemical properties. J Food Sci 2024. [PMID: 39183682 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.17315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Revised: 07/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
Abstract
Chickpea is an important food legume that usually undergoes various processing treatments to enhance nutritional value and functional properties. This study aimed to investigate the effects of different cooking conditions on physicochemical, structural, and functional properties of chickpea, especially its protein macromolecules. Kabuli chickpea seeds were processed by water cooking at different temperatures (63, 79, 88, and 96°C), followed by evaluating flour solubility, water-holding capacity (WHC), pasting property, as well as the total protein profile and fractionated protein distributions. Cooking treatments significantly decreased flour solubility (from 39.45 to 25.21 g/100 g flour) and pasting viscosity (peak and final viscosities, from 1081 to 300.5 cP and 1323 to 532 cP, respectively), while increasing WHC (from 0.862 to 1.144 g H2O/g flour) of chickpea flour (p < 0.05). These behaviors were enhanced by increasing cooking temperature. Meanwhile, cooking induced a significant change of chickpea proteins, modifying the albumin- and globulin-like fractions of chickpea protein to display glutelin-like behavior. The current study provides potential approaches for manipulating chickpea flour functionalities (e.g., solubility, viscosity, and WHC) to address the process and product challenges and favor product innovation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shan Hong
- Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- PepsiCo R&D, PepsiCo, Plano, Texas, USA
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- PepsiCo R&D, PepsiCo, Plano, Texas, USA
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, Albany, California, USA
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- Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Li M, Tian Y, Fan L, Xu J, Jiang L, Li R, Wang S. Radio frequency drying on functional diversity of tiger nut flour: Effects on physicochemical, structural, and rheological properties. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 275:133717. [PMID: 38977055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Revised: 07/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
Abstract
Tiger nut (TN) is a valuable nutrient and gluten-free tuber. To achieve high-quality TN flour as functional ingredients in food, it is essential to develop effective drying technologies for TN. Five drying methods including natural drying (Control), hot-air drying (HD), radio frequency single drying (RFSD), RF assisted hot-air drying (RFHD), and RF- vacuum drying (RFVD) were selected and compared to determine their effects on physiochemical, structural, and rheological properties of TN flour. Results showed that RF drying (RFD) significantly improved the hydration, oil-absorbing, and antioxidant activity capacity, especially for RFVD. RFHD exhibited greater color (BI = 13.80 ± 0.05 and C = 10.26 ± 0.05) and reducing sugar content (253.50 ± 2.27 mg d.b.) than RFSD and RFVD. The gelatinization temperature, enthalpy value, and particle size (57.30-269.33 μm) of TN flour were reduced. The structural property results indicated that RFD reduced the relative crystallinity and short-range ordering of the flour, altered protein secondary structure, and caused the damaged microstructure in comparison with Control and HD groups. All sample gels exhibited a weak strain overshoot behavior (type III) under large amplitude oscillations, and RFD resulted in a reduced viscoelastic behavior. RFD could be an effective method to produce functional TN flour.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mengge Li
- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120, USA
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120, USA.
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Zang Z, Wan F, Ma G, Xu Y, Wu B, Huang X. Effect of ultrasound combined with chemical pretreatment as an innovative non-thermal technology on the drying process, quality properties and texture of cherry subjected to radio frequency vacuum drying. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2024; 108:106980. [PMID: 38981338 PMCID: PMC11280292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 05/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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To obtain high-quality cherry products, ultrasound (US) combined with five chemical pretreatment techniques were used on cherry prior to radio frequency vacuum drying (RFV), including carboxymethyl cellulose coating (CMC), cellulase (CE), ethanol (EA), isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO), and potassium carbonate + ethyl oleate (PC + AEEO). The effect of different pretreatments (US-CMC, US-CE, US-EA, US-IMO, US-(PC + AEEO)) on the drying characteristics, quality properties, texture, and sensory evaluation of cherries was evaluated. Results showed that the dehydration time and energy consumption were decreased by 4.17 - 20.83 % and 3.22 - 19.34 %, respectively, and the contents of individual sugars, soluble solid, total phenolics (TPC), natural active substances, total flavonoids (TFC), and antioxidant properties (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP) were significantly increased after US combined with five chemical treatments (P < 0.05). Moreover, the pretreatment played important role in improving texture properties and surface color retention in the dried cherries. According to the sensory evaluation analysis, the dehydrated cherries pretreated with US-CMC exhibited the highest overall acceptance, texture, crispness, color, and sweet taste showed lower off-odor, bitter taste and sour taste compared to control and other pretreatments. The findings indicate that US-CMC pretreatment is a promising technique for increasing physicochemical qualities and dehydration rate of samples, which provides a novel strategy to processing of dried cherry.
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- Zepeng Zang
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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Zang Z, Wan F, Ma G, Xu Y, Wang T, Wu B, Huang X. Enhancing peach slices radio frequency vacuum drying by combining ultrasound and ultra-high pressure as pretreatments: Effect on drying characteristics, physicochemical quality, texture and sensory evaluation. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2024; 103:106786. [PMID: 38309049 PMCID: PMC10847764 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
Abstract
To maximally maintain fruits and vegetables quality after harvest, this study used ultrasonic (US) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) techniques as pretreatments for radio frequency vacuum (RFV) drying of peach slices, and investigated the effects of different pretreatments (US, UHP, UHP-US, and US-UHP) on drying characteristics, physicochemical qualities, texture properties, and sensory evaluation of peach slices. Results showed that the drying rate was increased by 15.79 ∼ 54.39 % and the contents of pectin, hemicellulose, total phenolic, total flavonoid, phenolic acids, individual sugar annd antioxidant of the samples were significantly increased after US combined with UHP pretreatment (P < 0.05). US-UHP + RFV dried peach slices obtained brighter color, better texture attributes of hardness, cohesiveness, chewiness, springiness, and resilience. The dehydrated samples pretreated by UHP-US had the best overall acceptance, appearance, and crispness with lower off-odor and sourness compared to the dehydrated peach slices with US and UHP pretreatment. Notably, the highest cellulose and organic acids were found in dehydrated peach slices by control, followed by samples US, and samples with UHP pretreatment. The microstructure showed that the internal organization of peach slices appeared as uniform and regular honeycomb porous structure after US-UHP pretreatment. The findings may provide theoretical reference for the development of energy-efficient and high-quality drying technology for fruits and vegetables.
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- Zepeng Zang
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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