- Digestibility of pasta made with three wheat types: a preliminary study.
Digestibility of pasta made with three wheat types: a preliminary study.
Food chemistry (2014-12-23)
Barbara Simonato, Andrea Curioni, Gabriella Pasini
PMID25529673
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to assess the digestibility of the protein and starch in pasta made with different cereals, i.e. Triticum durum, Triticum polonicum and Triticum dicoccum, and to measure the glycemic index (GI) of the different types of pasta. The digestibility of the starch in T.polonicum pasta differed significantly from the others. It seemed to be less digested than dicoccum and durum wheat pasta. T.polonicum pasta also had a lower glycemic index, while there were no significant differences in the protein digestibility of the three types of pasta.
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Sodium hydroxide, puriss., meets analytical specification of Ph. Eur., BP, NF, E524, 98-100.5%, pellets
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Sodium hydroxide, puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. Ph. Eur., K ≤0.02%, ≥98%, pellets
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Sodium hydroxide, anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, reagent grade, ≥98%, pellets