Evaluation of Black Tea Polyphenol Extract Against the Retrogradation of Starches from Various Plant Sources.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 8147-8158; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Articles Evaluation of Black Tea Polyphenol Extract Against the Retrogradation of Starches from Various Plant Sources Huaxi Xiao 1,2, Qinlu Lin 1,2, Gao-Qiang Liu 1,3,* and Fengxiang Yu 4 1 National Engineering Laboratory for Rice and By-product Further Processing, Central South University of Forestry Technology, Changsha 410004, China; E-Mail: xiaoxijingjing@163.com (H.X.) 2 Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry Technology, Changsha 410004, China; E-Mail: phdqlin@ (Q.L.) 3 College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry Technology, Changsha 410004, China 4 Department of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Biological Electromechanical Polytechnic, Changsha 410127, China; E-Mail: yufengxiang_1@163.com * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: gaoliuedu@; Tel./Fax: +86-731-8562-3498. Received: 31 May 2012; in revised form: 29 June 2012 / Accepted: 3 July 2012 / Published: 6 July 2012 Abstract: The effects of black tea polyphenol extract (BTPE) on the retrogradation of starches from different plant sources were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). DSC analysis shows that the gelatinization temperature of maize starch and starches from different rice varieties increased with increasing BTPE level. After storage at 4 °C, BTPE at a concentration of 15% markedly retarded the retrogradation of maize starch and starches from different rice varieties. Native maize starch and starches from different rice varieties showed typical A-type X-ray diffraction patterns, while native potato starch showed a typical B-type X-ray diffraction pattern. Adding BTPE significantly affected the crystalline region and intensities of X-ray diffraction peaks of maize and rice starch granules. It