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NMR, NMR imaging, microstructure and molecular dynamics

Reference	BBS/E/F/02108366
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Victor Morris
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	26,348
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1998
End date	31/03/2001
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The location and migration of water and other low molecular weight components play key roles in determining the behaviour of starch based foods during most stages of processing and storage. NMR and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are ideal experimental methods for probing such behaviour and will be used to study starches and starch based foods. In this project NMR will be used to investigate the influence of biopolymer structure, biopolymer interaction, water content and the presence of other cosolutes (eg salts, low molecular weight carbohydrate 'plasticizers') on the behaviour of intact granules and their subsequent processing. The work will complement studies in tasks 1 and 2 through providing information on molecular dynamics and will in combination with work in task 2 provide a broad understanding of the behaviour of starch based systems over the wide range off water contents encountered in food processing and starch based foods.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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