Claim · model-written summary
The unusual IS6986 granules were rapidly digested and disappeared after 30 minutes, unlike normal spherical granules.
- Material
- Sorghumt0
- Outcome
- totally disappearede0
- Direction
- rapidly digestede0
- Value
- 30 mine0
- Qualifier
- These unusual granulese0
- Comparator
- normal spherical granulese0
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Verbatim
e0“These unusual granules were rapidly digested and, unlike normal spherical granules, totally disappeared after 30 min of digestion.”
t0“Sorghum”
Title
Distinctive Sorghum Starch Granule Morphologies Appear to Improve Raw Starch Digestibility
Mustapha Benmoussa; Budhi Suhendra; Adam Aboubacar; et al. Starch - Stärke 2006. doi:10.1002/star.200400344
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Channels are the main route for enzyme penetration into starch granules in all three sorghum lines.
- Observation The central cavity is the starting point of enzyme digestion in all three sorghum lines.
- Observation The HPD mutant had more pronounced channel density than normal lines.
- Observation IS6986 had a portion of collapsed doughnut-shaped starch granules.
- Observation Amylases appeared to access collapsed starch granules quickly.
- Observation IS6986 had among the highest initial rates of starch digestion, followed by P721N.
- Observation The HPD mutant 111 had among the highest initial rates of starch digestion, followed by P721N.