The mechanism of sodium hydroxide solution promoting the gelation of Konjac glucomannan (KGM)

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-99

  Luo, Xuegang ^a   He, Pan ^a   Lin, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Gelation mechanism; Intrinsic viscosity; Konjac glucomannan; Molecular chain; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AGGLOMERATION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLS; VISCOSITY;

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; DEACETYLATION; DISTILLED WATER; GELATION MECHANISMS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; MOLECULAR CHAINS; MORPHOLOGY STRUCTURES; SELF AGGREGATION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS;

GELATION;

EID: 84861984311     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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