Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability

Sorghum applications in mainstream food production are limited due to its processing difficulties and poor techno-functional and storage properties of the flour. This PhD study explores cell wall-degrading enzymes for selective decortication and intense pulsed light treatment for enhancing flour sta...

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Main Author: Nedumpillil Unnikrishnan, Sruthi
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95948
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description Sorghum applications in mainstream food production are limited due to its processing difficulties and poor techno-functional and storage properties of the flour. This PhD study explores cell wall-degrading enzymes for selective decortication and intense pulsed light treatment for enhancing flour stability. Optimised decortication outperformed conventional methods, offering reduced polishing times and improved nutritional and functional properties. Pulsed light treatment reduced lipase activity, enhanced storage properties, and induced significant and desirable protein and starch structure changes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-959482024-09-24T04:25:32Z Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability Nedumpillil Unnikrishnan, Sruthi Sorghum applications in mainstream food production are limited due to its processing difficulties and poor techno-functional and storage properties of the flour. This PhD study explores cell wall-degrading enzymes for selective decortication and intense pulsed light treatment for enhancing flour stability. Optimised decortication outperformed conventional methods, offering reduced polishing times and improved nutritional and functional properties. Pulsed light treatment reduced lipase activity, enhanced storage properties, and induced significant and desirable protein and starch structure changes. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95948 Curtin University restricted
spellingShingle Nedumpillil Unnikrishnan, Sruthi
Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title_full Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title_fullStr Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title_full_unstemmed Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title_short Novel Approaches for Decortication of Sorghum Grain and Improvement of Sorghum Flour Storage Stability
title_sort novel approaches for decortication of sorghum grain and improvement of sorghum flour storage stability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95948