Mingzhe Yang, Wenhao Wang, Changyuan Wang, Huacheng Tang, Zhijiang Li
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Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolour L. Moench), as the world’s fifth-largest cereal, possesses characteristics such as reducing cholesterol, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. However, sorghum-based food products suffer from drawbacks such as hardness, cooking challenges, and suboptimal texture. Lactobacillus plantarum, a beneficial bacterium, has the capacity to ferment sorghum, enhancing its palatability and flavor. This study aimed to evaluate alterations in dietary fiber, protein, and starch resulting from L. plantarum fermentation of sorghum, alongside analyzing the flavor profile of the fermented sorghum grains using HS-GC-MS technology. The findings indicated that upon reaching saturation water absorption capacity, sorghum fermented by L. plantarum (3 × 106 CFU/mL, 36 h and 30 °C) enhanced the structural integrity of dietary fiber, protein, and starch, while the elevation of compounds such as ketones, alcohols, and free amino acids contributed to the improved aroma profile of sorghum grains. This research provides a theoretical foundation for enhancing the physicochemical structure and flavor of sorghum.
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Biophysical studies of foods and agricultural products involve research at the interface of chemistry, biology, and engineering, as well as the new interdisciplinary areas of materials science and nanotechnology. Such studies include but are certainly not limited to research in the following areas: the structure of food molecules, biopolymers, and biomaterials on the molecular, microscopic, and mesoscopic scales; the molecular basis of structure generation and maintenance in specific foods, feeds, food processing operations, and agricultural products; the mechanisms of microbial growth, death and antimicrobial action; structure/function relationships in food and agricultural biopolymers; novel biophysical techniques (spectroscopic, microscopic, thermal, rheological, etc.) for structural and dynamical characterization of food and agricultural materials and products; the properties of amorphous biomaterials and their influence on chemical reaction rate, microbial growth, or sensory properties; and molecular mechanisms of taste and smell.
A hallmark of such research is a dependence on various methods of instrumental analysis that provide information on the molecular level, on various physical and chemical theories used to understand the interrelations among biological molecules, and an attempt to relate macroscopic chemical and physical properties and biological functions to the molecular structure and microscopic organization of the biological material.