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Amylopectin from maize

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CAS Number:
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

maize (





)

Quality Level

form

powder

ign. residue

≤0.1%

color

white to off-white

InChI

1S/C30H52O26/c31-1-6-11(35)13(37)19(43)28(50-6)55-24-9(4-34)52-27(21(45)16(24)40)48-5-10-25(56-29-20(44)14(38)12(36)7(2-32)51-29)17(41)22(46)30(53-10)54-23-8(3-33)49-26(47)18(42)15(23)39/h6-47H,1-5H2/t6-,7-,8-,9-,10-,11-,12-,13+,14+,15-,16-,17-,18-,19-,20-,21-,22-,23-,24-,25-,26+,27+,28-,29-,30-/m1/s1

InChI key

WMGFVAGNIYUEEP-WUYNJSITSA-N

General description

α-1,4-glucan with α-1,6-cross-linking; one terminal group per 25 glucose units

Application

Amylopectin is a glucose-based, highly-branched polysaccharide which together with amylose makes starch. The glucosidic bonds of amylopectin are α-1,4 in the glucan chain and α-1,6 at the branch points. Amylopectin from maize differs in structure form amylopectin from other plant species and is used in the study of the development of starches.

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Structural characterization of amylopectin

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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T. Baba et al.
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 48, 1763-1763 (1984)
David A Johnston et al.
Carbohydrate research, 346(17), 2777-2784 (2011-11-08)
Seven different starches from potato, rice, maize, waxymaize, amylomaize-VII, shoti, and tapioca, and potato amylose and potato amylopectin have been reacted with benzaldehyde, catalyzed by ZnCl(2), to give new water-soluble starches and water soluble-amylose and soluble-amylopectin. In contrast to the
Caili Li et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 245, 116557-116557 (2020-07-29)
High-amylose wheat starch (HAWS) and flour (HAWF) have the potential to deliver food products with enhanced nutritional functionality, but structure/function relationships are not well understood. We report the structural bases for differences in water absorption and pasting properties for HAWS
Fan Zhu et al.
Carbohydrate research, 346(18), 2913-2925 (2011-11-11)
φ,β-Limit dextrins of domains and clusters of sweetpotato amylopectin were subjected to extensive hydrolysis by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens α-amylase to release building blocks and reveal the internal structures of clusters. The composition of building blocks was analyzed by size-fractionation, gel permeation
Anna Källman et al.
International journal of biological macromolecules, 55, 75-82 (2012-12-29)
Amylopectin is a highly branched starch component built up of a large number of clustered α-D-glucose chains. A single C-chain possesses the reducing end and carries the rest of the macromolecule. The aim of this study was to investigate the

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