Effect of industrial processing on alfalfa cell walls

Thermal treatment is one of the widely used methods for feedstuff preservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible cell wall alterations during the industrial-scale drying of alfalfa. Alfalfa is mainly dehydrated and pelleted using two drying treatments. First a thermal treatment at 70 °...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2002-12, Vol.82 (15), p.1806-1815
Hauptverfasser: Hamm, M, Debeire, P, Monties, B, Chabbert, B
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Thermal treatment is one of the widely used methods for feedstuff preservation. The aim of this study was to evaluate possible cell wall alterations during the industrial-scale drying of alfalfa. Alfalfa is mainly dehydrated and pelleted using two drying treatments. First a thermal treatment at 70 °C is applied to the chopped raw material, prior to the main dehydration procedure which involves a temperature of about 600 °C for a restricted time (15 min). The different steps of the dehydration process did not cause significant changes in alfalfa cell wall composition, but the proportion of labile ether-linked lignin structure (β-O-4) increased after the thermal shock. Chemical fractionation of cell wall carbohydrates showed that pectins were less accessible to extraction with ammonium oxalate after alfalfa drying. Moreover, xylanase (endo enzyme) was more effective on cell walls obtained from heated material. These results suggested that heat processing causes some changes in interpolymer bonds (covalent and hydrogen bonds) between pectins and the lignin/hemicellulose matrix, whereby the cell wall network is modified.
ISSN:0022-5142
1097-0010
DOI:10.1002/jsfa.1265