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Emeka Felix Okpalanma, PhD Ekpeno Sunday Ukpong, PhD Clement Chinedum Ezegbe Comfort Chinenye Nwagbo, PhD C. Onuora Charles Chude, PhD

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Some physicochemical properties of starches from cocoyam, cassava and sweet potato were compared for suitability in glucose syrup production. Glucose syrups were produced from the starch slurry using 30 g of sorghum malt per 250 g starch weight. Malts were produced from Nigerian sorghum varieties; SFF- Sorghum ‘Farafara’ and SFD-Sorghum ‘Farindawa’ (Sorghumbicolor L. Moench). The grains were steeped for 24 h with 8 h air rest and germinated for 96 h. Results showed that malted SFD and SFF-sorghum grains recorded diastatic powers (61.45 and 52.32 DU.g-1), α-amylase (38.19 and 43.3 DU.g-1) and β-amylase (14.13 and 18.15 DU.g-1) activities, respectively. Cocoyam starch contained highest amylose (28.20%) when compared with sweet potato starch (22.50%) and cassava starch (20.40%). Solubility and swelling power of cassava, sweet potato and cocoyam starches were 17.2, 16.5 and 15.3 g.g-1 and 9.6, 6.2 and 7.6% at 90℃, respectively. Cocoyam starch showed the highest transition temperatures (69.5, 73.6, 82.3℃) and gelatinization enthalpy (17.3 J.g-1) than sweet potato (67.4, 71.3, 78.4℃, 12.3 J.g-1) and cassava (61.3, 65.5, 75.6℃, 13.4 J.g-1) starches. Dextrose equivalent for cassava, sweet potato and cocoyam glucose syrups were 40, 36, 30. Cassava starch glucose syrup obtained from SFD-malt hydrolysis met most of the Standard Organization of Nigeria set specifications.

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OKPALANMA, Emeka Felix et al. Evaluation of the physico-chemical properties of cassava, cocoyam, sweet potato starches and glucose syrups produced from the hydrolysis of the starches with sorghum malt enzyme extract. Food Science and Applied Biotechnology, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 24-35, mar. 2024. ISSN 2603-3380. Available at: <https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/article/view/314>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.30721/fsab2024.v7.i1.314.