Graft copolymerization of methyl acrylate onto potato starch initiated by ceric ammonium nitrate

A study was made of the ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) initiated graft copolymerization of methyl acrylate (MA) onto potato starch. The variables affecting the graft were investigated. The optimums have been obtained; they are the concentrations of MA, CAN, and nitric acid (HNO₃) (1.08, 5.0 × 10^?3, and 0.081 mol/L, respectively). The reaction temperature is ca. 50°C and the reaction time is 2 h. The molecular weight of grafted poly(methylacrylate) has been determined. On the basis of experimental results, the mechanism of grafting has been explored, a new kinetic equation of the graft copolymerization is established: R_p = Kk_d [STOH] [Ce⁴⁺] + Kk_pk_d/k_t[STOH][M], where K, k_d, k_p, and k_t are constants. The equation fits the results of experiments. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

高温下淀粉的凝胶化作用

凝胶化作用是淀粉及改性产品生产过程中存在的一种现象。淀粉凝胶化作用的结果导致了在其产品中产生了只溶胀但不溶解的颗粒,从而影响了淀粉产品的整体性能。文章初步探讨了淀粉在高温成型过程中凝胶化作用的方式和起因。结果表明,淀粉浆料在高温成型过程中所产生的凝胶团粒是淀粉不完整的凝胶化作用的结果,足量的水分和高温是形成较多的凝胶化淀粉颗粒的原因。     

H_2O_2 氧化玉米淀粉胶性能研究

在引入预糊化剂的条件下,利用Ｈ２Ｏ２对玉米淀粉进行氧化,通过正交设计选择最佳氧化条件,确定对氧化淀粉进一步改性所用试剂的量,以降低淀粉胶的粘度,提高其流动性和初粘强度。实验所得产品淀粉胶与目前普遍使用的白乳胶相比,性能相近。     

间接碘量法误差问题讨论

间接碘量法是常用的氧化还原分析方法之一。本文对引起间接碘量法产生误差的各种原因进行了讨论,推导出不对称电对氧化还原反应计量点电位计算的一般表达式,并提出了改进滴定方法的建议。     

高锰酸钾引发下淀粉／丙烯腈的接枝共聚反应

以高锰酸钾为引发剂,系统研究了在淀粉与丙烯腈接枝反应过程中各种反应对数如反应温度,单体浓度,引发剂浓度,催化剂浓度,淀粉的预处理温度对淀粉接枝反应及共聚物组成的影响,探讨了不同来源的淀粉和不同玉米变性淀粉接枝反应的能力,并分析了在反应过程中锰离子价态的变化,为进一步搞清锰离子引发淀粉接枝反历程提供了依据。     

淀粉应用的大发展

扼要地介绍了淀粉在变性淀粉、淀粉糖、淀粉塑料和燃料酒精等方面的应用和发展．     

傅里叶变换近红外光谱法测定大麦中蛋白质、淀粉和赖氨酸含量

采用傅里叶变换近红外光谱法测定大麦中蛋白质、淀粉、赖氨酸的含量，并用光谱影响值法(leverage)对异常值进行判断和处理。蛋白质、淀粉和赖氨酸含量近红外光谱分析模型的测定系数R。分别为0．985、0．973和0．978；检验集的化学值与模型预测值的相关系数r分别为0．9853、0．9644和0．9172，分析模型的预测相对标准偏差RSD分别为4．0％、2．4％和5．4％，该结果可替代经典分析方法，满足农产品快速分析的需要。     

Axial dispersion in a liquid fluidized bed of particles akin to immobilized enzymes

The axial dispersion of a liquid fluidized bed of controlled pore silica (CPS) particles has been determined by the pulse tracer method. The CPS used was the same as for enzyme immobilization, having an average diameter of 0.436 mm and mean pore size of 37.5 nm. The fluidization liquid is α-amylase liquefied manioc starch, 30% w/v, 45°C pH=4.5. Nominal bed porosities tested were 0.7 and 0.8. The results show that the axial dispersion coefficient increases with greater superficial liquid velocities. Various available correlations tested disagree with each other to a large extent and are unable to represent collected experimental data.     

A DSC study of the effects of sugars on thermal properties of rice starch gels before and after aging

Thermal characterization of gelatinized binary rice starch-water and ternary starch-sugar-water gels before and after aging was carried out using differential scanning calorimetry. The glass transition temperature of the maximally freeze-concentrated solution (T_g) in both fresh and aged gels was observed to decrease progressively with increasing sugar concentration. Aging of the gels generally shiftedT_g to higher temperatures, but had little or no effect on the ice melting peak temperature (T _m). The presence of various sugars could either accelerate or retard starch (amylopectin) recrystallization, depending on the type and concentration of sugar, as well as on starch/water ratio. A hypothesis based on the dual antiplasticizing-plasticizing effects of sugars was postulated to explain the observed effects. Of the sugars studied, xylose and fructose appeared to display exceptional retardative and accelerative effects, respectively, on retrogradation.This study was funded by a Sixth Malaysia Plan R&D grant under the Intensification of Research Priority Areas (IRPA) Program of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Malaysia. We thank Dr. Harry Levine and Dr. Louise Slade for giving us the opportunity to contribute a paper to this special issue of JTA.     

Studies of poly-<Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-lysine-starch nanoparticle preparation and its application as gene carrier

Anion starch nanoparticle (StNP) with a diameter of 50 nm was prepared in water-in-oil microemulsion, with soluble starch as raw materials and POCl₃ as crosslinking agent. PLL-StNP was prepared by linking poly-L-lysine (PLL) on the surface of StNP. At the same time, the size of PLL-StNP and its stability in aqueous solution were checked by AFM. The analysis of plasmid DNA binding, DNase I enzymatic degradation, toxicity and transfection were done. We discovered that PLL-StNP may be used as non-virus nanoparticle gene carrier. And we developed the method of preparing PLL-StNP gene carrier and used it in cell transfection. As non-virus gene carrier, PLL-StNP has some advantages, such as large load of DNA, high transfection efficiency, low cell toxicity and biodegradability.