Abstract: | Binding of alcohols from aqueous dispersions of native cornstarches differing in amylose content was studied by means of capillary gas chromatography. The efficiency of this process was compared with that of binding to gelatinized starches. Study of native and gelatinized starches showed that the amount of bound substances depends linearly on their initial concentration. Binding of alcohols did not differ in native and gelatinized normal starch and high amylose starch. The efficiency of binding increased with an increase in the length of the alkyl substituent. It should be emphasized that the efficiency of binding was highest in native starch. Native amylopectin starch was less potent than gelatinized starch in binding hexanol. The degree of alcohol binding was much lower in cryotextures of gelatinized starch. |