Table 1. Amylose and crude protein contents and pasting properties of rice flour of different varieties

Variety1) Amylose (%) Crude protein (%) Pasting properties
Initial pasting temperature (°C) Peak viscosity (cP2)) Trough viscosity (cP) Final viscosity (cP) Breakdown viscosity (cP) Setback viscosity (cP)
NBR 13.15±0.63d3) 6.77±0.05d 74.48±0.55a 294.14±2.42d 140.33±4.60d 230.14±4.02d 153.81±2.19b 89.80±1.01d
NWR 14.73±0.17c 5.63±0.01e 73.93±0.06a 415.95±2.03b 182.58±2.35c 302.89±2.35c 233.36±0.86a 120.31±0.67c
ABR 20.87±0.49b 7.95±0.07a 74.18±0.45a 318.11±3.07c 216.75±7.19b 402.08±3.05b 101.36±4.12c 185.33±10.21b
AWR 23.50±0.34a 7.33±0.01c 72.28±0.06c 433.36±5.47a 279.75±10.84a 554.61±6.44a 153.61±8.86b 274.86±6.48a
PBR 5.13±0.08e 7.45±0.02b 73.02±0.08b 77.97±0.33e 28.00±0.08e 38.11±0.05e 49.97±0.39d 10.11±0.10e
NBR, normal brown rice; NWR, normal white rice; ABR, aromatic brown rice; AWR, aromatic white rice; PBR, pigment brown rice.
cP, centipoise.
Mean±SD (n=3) within each column followed by different superscript letters are significantly different (p<0.05).