The local maxima of water density in the space near the single-helical of Konjac glucomannan,as well as the do...
Jie PANG 1,Wenjie JIAN 1,2,Minna YAO 1,Huimin LIN 1,Aijun FENG 1,Yuan ZENG 1 (1 College of Food Science,Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,Fuzhou 350002,China
To understand the effect of plasma treatment on the Konjac glucomannan film, the nitrogen plasma was injected into the film by ion beam injection machine in this study. The structures and properties of Konjac glucomannan film after plasma treatment were analyzed by Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectrum, X-ray, ect. The result showed that nitrogen groups appeared in the KGM molecular chain and part of this chain fractured, and the number of hydrogen bonds increased after the treatment of plasma. The form of KGM molecule remained amorphous non-crystalline state, but the crystalline region was increased and became more ordered. The mechanical property of tensile strength and breaking elongation was improved, while the WVP was decreased. The nitrogen groups were grafted on the KGM molecular chain after plasma treatment, which led to the improvement of the properties of KGM film.
To know the effects of irradiation on the konjac glucomannan (KGM) molecular chain membrane, KGM membrane solution was treated with the irradiation dose of 0-20 kGy in this study, and the structure and properties of KGM membrane were analyzed with Infrared spectrum, Raman spectrum, X-ray, SEM scanning and so on. The results revealed that the effects of different irradiation doses on the KGM molecular chain structure were different. Higher irradiation dose (20 kGy) resulted in partial damage against KGM membrane crystal structure, and there was no obvious change for the amorphous structure; with membrane property test, the tensile strength of KGM membrane gradually increased with the increase of irradiation dose and its elongation at break reduced, but these changes were not significant, WVP value reduced; with SEM, the membrane surface treated with irradiation was smoother even than the membrane without treatment. In addition, when increasing the irradiation dose, membrane surface became more even, and arrangement was more orderly and compact. Irradiation modification could effectively improve the KGM membrane properties, and it is an ideal modification method.
Structures of KGM treated in two high-voltage pulse electric fields were characterized by infrared spectroscopy,Raman spectroscopy,X-ray diffraction and so on.The results showed that intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions of KGM were reduced after being treated with high-voltage pulse electric field,but there was no significant effect on its fiber chain form and thermal characteristics.Results of the study can provide a useful reference for further study on the structure and property of KGM,and especially can provide theoretical basis for the effect of physical field on the foodstuff deep processing related to KGM.
In this work,the formation sites,helical parameters and hydrogen bond positions of Konjac glucomannan molecular helices were investigated using molecular dynamic simulation method.To our interest,the KGM chain is mainly composed by local left and right helix structures. The formation sites of KGM chain might locate at the chain-segments containing acetyl groups,and the left helix is the favorable conformation of KGM.Temperature-dependent molecule conformation study indicates that the right helix is dominant when the temperature is lower than 343 K,above which,however,the left helix is dominating(right helix disappears).In addition,intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the left helix can be found at the-OH groups on C(2),C(4)and C(6)of mannose residues;comparably,the intramolecular hydrogen bonds in the right helix can be mainly observed at the-OH groups on C(4)and C(6)of the mannose residues and C(3)of the glucose residues.In conclusion,molecular dynamic simulation is an efficient method for the microscopic conformation study of glucomannan molecular helices.
