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Effects of protein content on the distribution and properties of rice protein
Author(s) -
Juliano Bienvenido O.,
Antonio Alicia A.,
Esmama Bernardita V.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740240306
Subject(s) - brown rice , kjeldahl method , rice protein , lysine , high protein , food science , chemistry , nitrogen , biochemistry , amino acid , organic chemistry
The protein of brown rice became more evenly distributed as protein content increased. Kjeldahl protein content of brown rice provided a better indication of milled rice protein content than histological examination of individual grains because protein content varied among grains. The increase in protein content was mainly due to an increase in the number of protein bodies. Screening 10 493 varieties from the world rice collection for lysine content by dye‐binding capacity showed that lysine content of rice protein varied only by at most 0.5 % point at any protein level. A negative correlation between the lysine content of protein and protein content of brown and milled rice was observed only in samples with protein below 10%. As protein content increased water‐soluble nitrogen also increased as a percentage of brown rice.