Starch phosphates production

In contrast to monophosphates, starch phosphate diesters contain cross-links between two or more starch chains. This covalent linkage in the granule produces a starch product which swells less but is more resistant to heat, agitation, and acid than natural starch. 

A thixotropic starch was produced in reactions of POCl3-crosslinked starch with unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes.1361 Starch phosphates have been crosslinked by various aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of urea, melamine, and similar compounds. Among several aldehydes tested[formaldehyde, propanal (propionaldehyde), glyoxal, glutaraldehyde, 2-hydroxyadipaldehyde (2-hydroxy -1,6-hexanedial), and some aromatic aldehydes], only those products that had reacted with glyoxal were insoluble in water.1322 Significant increases in viscosity occurred after starch phosphates having a low DS were treated with urea.1590... 

Of the esters, starch phosphate is produced by reaction with phosphorus oxychloride, polyphosphates, or metaphosphates a cross-bonded product results. Total degree of substitution is determined by measuring the phosphorus content, and the mono- to disubstitution ratio can be calculated by potentio-metric titration. Allowance is made for the natural phosphorus content of the starch. Treatment of starch with acetic anhydride produces starch acetate, which has improved paste stability over native starch. The acetyl group is very labile, and hydrolyses readily under mild alkaline conditions. When a known amount of alkali is used, the excess can be titrated and the ester function measured. This is not specific, however, and a method based on an enzymatic measurement of the acetate has been developed in an ISO work group. The modified starch is hydrolyzed under acidic conditions, which releases acetic acid and permits filtration of the resulting solution. Acetic acid is then measured by a commercially available enzyme test kit. Both bound and free acetyl groups can be measured, and the method is applicable... 

Starch phosphates are useful in frozen foods where they impart good freeze-thaw stability and reduce retrogradation (Chapter 10.1). The stability of ice cream and other products can also be improved. Starch phosphates can be used as cheese emulsifiers [67] and phosphates incorporated into flour will improve its properties by reaction with the starch [68]. Calcium starch phosphates are claimed to be useful components of foods, animal feeds and pharmaceutical products [69]. 

Cereal starch contains -0.3% lysophospholipids (10.45c) which are closely associated with the amylose helices (10.26). It is used as a crumb softener in bread and it retards staling by forming a water barrier around the starch grains. Cereal starches can be phosphorylated and have other food uses (Section B). Starch phosphates are used in skin lotion formulations, and calcium starch phosphates can be used in foods and pharmaceutical products [29]. 

The main product group is - starch-based and is used for cotton and its blends with other fibers. Native, - pregelatinized starch, which has the disadvantage of - retrogradation, is increasingly substituted by starch derivatives, such as - starch phosphates or - starch acetates, as well as starch ethers, such as - hydroxyethyl starch... 

One of the commercial methods for production of lysine consists of a two-stage process using two species of bacteria. The carbon sources for production of amino acids are corn, potato starch, molasses, and whey. If starch is used, it must be hydrolysed to glucose to achieve higher yield. Escherichia coli is grown in a medium consisting of glycerol, corn-steep liquor and di-ammonium phosphate under aerobic conditions, with temperature and pH controlled. 

This was previously used as a herbicide, and attention has been directed to its degradation in storage areas or where it has been spilled. A strain of Clostridium bifermentans KMR-1 (that is protected by a U.S. patent) was unable to use dinoseb as carbon or energy source. In the presence of a starch extract, however, a low level of transformation was observed, and the products could subsequently be mineralized by aerobic bacteria (Hammill and Crawford 1996). These observations have been extended to the remediation of soil slurries from a contaminated site by adding phosphate and starch waste that achieved anaerobic conditions, and inoculation with a culture from a pilot-scale... 

Since D-fructose and D-glucose phosphates are amongst the first products of photosynthesis, and since starch (in plants) and glycogen (in animals) are converted by phosphorylase to D-glucosyl phosphate, biosynthesis of carbohydrates revolves around these ubiquitous compounds... 

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