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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Structural Reconstruction and Enhanced Digestive Resistance in High-Amylose Maize Starch-Fatty Acid Complexes via Debranching and Heat-Moisture Treatment.

Qianhan Ma, Ziyan Zang, Shuling Yan, Bo Han, Siyuan Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Yao Hu, Hao Xu, Pengjie Wang, Jiayue Guo

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Qianhan MaDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Ziyan ZangDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Shuling YanDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Bo HanDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Siyuan LiuDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Xiaoyu WangDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0242-8943
Yao HuDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Hao XuDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Pengjie WangDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
Jiayue GuoDepartment of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5753-1505

Funding

Beijing Natural Science Foundation No. 6264035Henan Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars No. 242300421105National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 32472263Science and Technology Major Project of Henan Province No. 241110110300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of thermally stable Type 5 resistant starch (RS5) is critical for functional food applications to modulate glycemic responses. This study investigated the structural assembly and enzymatic resistance of RS5 complexes prepared from high-amylose maize starch (HAMS) via a sequential strategy coupling pullulanase debranching with heat-moisture treatment (HMT). HAMS was debranched for varying durations (0-24 h) to generate short, linear glucan chains, subsequently complexed with myristic acid (MA) or linoleic acid (LOA), and further modified by pressure-heat treatment (PHT) or annealing (ANN). Extended debranching (24 h) significantly enhanced the complexing index and resistant starch (RS) content. While saturated MA promoted higher crystallinity of the hexagonal Bravais lattice, unsaturated LOA effectively enhanced resistance through steric hindrance despite lower crystallinity. Notably, PHT generally outperformed ANN, with the highest RS content (69.2%) achieved in DH24-LOA complexes treated at 120 °C with 10% moisture. Multi-scale structural analyses revealed that resistance originated from the transition of amorphous chains into highly ordered, thermally stable nanocrystals possessing a hexagonal Bravais lattice and the densification of the macroscopic architecture. These findings demonstrate that coupling pullulanase debranching with optimized PHT is a potent strategy to engineer high-performance RS5 ingredients with superior digestive resistance.

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amylose contentdebranchingheat–moisture treatmenthigh-amylose maize starchin vitro digestibilitymulti-scale structurestype 5 resistant starch

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PMID41829180
PMCPMC12984896

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