INVESTIGADORES
DELGADO osvaldo Daniel
artículos
Título:
Effects of thermal, alkaline and ultrasonic treatments on scleroglucan stability and flow behavior
Autor/es:
VIÑARTA SC; DELGADO OD; FIGUEROA LIC; FARIÑA JI
Revista:
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2013
ISSN:
0144-8617
Resumen:
Aqueous solutions (0.2% w/v) of scleroglucans from S. rolfsii ATCC 201126 from different cultivation time or
purification protocol (EPS I, EPS II, EPSi) as well as a commercial
scleroglucan (LSCL) exhibited different sensitivity against thermal (65, 95 and
150ºC), ultrasonic (1, 5 and 10 min; 20% amplitude) or alkaline (0.01-0.2 N
NaOH) treatments. Scleroglucan triple helix usually showed signs of denaturation
at 150ºC or with 0.2 NaOH with a pronounced decrease in apparent viscosity and loss
of pseudoplastic behavior. Differences in sensitivity could be noted depending
on the scleroglucan sample, which may be likely related to polysaccharide
conformational features, and these latter to production and/or downstream
processing conditions. Transmission electron microscopy showed scleroglucan
topologies in accordance with thermal and alkaline denaturation. Size exclusion
chromatography of control scleroglucans revealed elution profiles compatible
with macromolecular aggregates which tended to diminish or disappear as
thermal, alkali or sonication treatments progressed. Scleroglucan granule
dissolution process took ~8-14 sec, according to DIC-light microscopy, and
showed to be facilitated by addition of NaOH.