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SACCHARIDES IN PROSO AND FOXTAIL MILLETS
Author(s) -
BECKER ROBERT,
LORENZ KLAUS
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02505.x
Subject(s) - raffinose , maltose , autolysis (biology) , chemistry , sucrose , fructose , foxtail , food science , galactose , phytic acid , maltotriose , hydrolysis , biochemistry , biology , botany , enzyme
The saccharide composition of 8 samples of proso and foxtail millets was determined. Sucrose was the major saccharide followed by raffinose. Glucose, fructose, and galactose were present only in trace amounts. Myo‐inositol was found in small amounts in some of the samples. Maltose and maltotriose were not detected. Autolysis after 16 hr at pH 6.5 and 5.0, respectively, changed the saccharide composition. Sucrose and raffinose values decreased. Maltose values increased with autolysis at pH 6.5, but were much lower with incubation of the samples in a pH 5.0 acetate buffer. The amounts of myo‐inositol were higher after autolysis at the lower pH presumably due to hydrolysis of phytic acid by phytase.