Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality

Atmospheric pressure cold plasma has the potential to modify biological chemistry and modulate physical surface properties. Wheat flour was treated by low levels of cold plasma (air, 15 V and 20 V) for 60 or 120 s. There was no change in the total aerobic bacterial count or total mould count as a re...

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Main Authors: Bahrami, Niloufar, Bayliss, Danny, Chope, Gemma, Penson, Simon, Perehinec, Tania, Fisk, Ian D.
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author Bahrami, Niloufar
Bayliss, Danny
Chope, Gemma
Penson, Simon
Perehinec, Tania
Fisk, Ian D.
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Bayliss, Danny
Chope, Gemma
Penson, Simon
Perehinec, Tania
Fisk, Ian D.
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description Atmospheric pressure cold plasma has the potential to modify biological chemistry and modulate physical surface properties. Wheat flour was treated by low levels of cold plasma (air, 15 V and 20 V) for 60 or 120 s. There was no change in the total aerobic bacterial count or total mould count as a result of treatment. Treatment did not impact the concentration of total non-starch lipids, or non-polar and glycolipids. However, treatment did reduce total free fatty acids and phospholipids and was dose dependent. Oxidation markers (hydroperoxide value and head space n-hexanal) increased with treatment time and voltage, which confirmed the acceleration of lipid oxidation. Total proteins were not significantly influenced by treatment although there was a trend towards higher molecular weight fractions which indicated protein oxidation and treated flour did produce a stronger dough. This study confirms the potential of cold plasma as a tool to modify flour functionality.
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spelling nottingham-316252020-05-04T17:53:35Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31625/ Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality Bahrami, Niloufar Bayliss, Danny Chope, Gemma Penson, Simon Perehinec, Tania Fisk, Ian D. Atmospheric pressure cold plasma has the potential to modify biological chemistry and modulate physical surface properties. Wheat flour was treated by low levels of cold plasma (air, 15 V and 20 V) for 60 or 120 s. There was no change in the total aerobic bacterial count or total mould count as a result of treatment. Treatment did not impact the concentration of total non-starch lipids, or non-polar and glycolipids. However, treatment did reduce total free fatty acids and phospholipids and was dose dependent. Oxidation markers (hydroperoxide value and head space n-hexanal) increased with treatment time and voltage, which confirmed the acceleration of lipid oxidation. Total proteins were not significantly influenced by treatment although there was a trend towards higher molecular weight fractions which indicated protein oxidation and treated flour did produce a stronger dough. This study confirms the potential of cold plasma as a tool to modify flour functionality. Elsevier 2016-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Bahrami, Niloufar, Bayliss, Danny, Chope, Gemma, Penson, Simon, Perehinec, Tania and Fisk, Ian D. (2016) Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality. Food Chemistry, 202 (1). pp. 247-253. ISSN 0308-8146 Wheat Cold Plasma Food Processing Flour Functionality http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814616301224 doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.01.113 doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.01.113
spellingShingle Wheat
Cold Plasma
Food Processing
Flour Functionality
Bahrami, Niloufar
Bayliss, Danny
Chope, Gemma
Penson, Simon
Perehinec, Tania
Fisk, Ian D.
Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title_full Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title_fullStr Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title_full_unstemmed Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title_short Cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
title_sort cold plasma: a new technology to modify wheat flour functionality
topic Wheat
Cold Plasma
Food Processing
Flour Functionality
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