Abstract
This work investigates the effects of gamma irradiation (0.1–10 kGy) on four Italian wheat matrices, such as durum, conventional soft, integrated soft, and biological soft wheat, by coupling Raman, FTIR-ATR and EPR spectroscopies to provide complementary insights into the structural, conformational, and radical-based transformations occurring in starch, the primary polysaccharide in wheat. As a general trend, gamma irradiation up to 10 kGy does not induce drastic degradation or depolymerization of wheat components. However, deeper investigations reveal that wheat composition is crucial in modulating the effects of gamma irradiation on structural and conformational rearrangements of starch units. Raman and FTIR-ATR spectroscopy analyses showed an increase in random coil fractions, with the most significant changes observed in durum wheat, plausibly attributed to its higher protein content. EPR analyses confirmed a dose-dependent increase in free radicals, with different recombination kinetics between wheat types influenced by their intrinsic composition and molecular organization. The proposed spectroscopic approaches allow for rapid and non-destructive analyses of molecular structure, chemical composition, and free radical content in irradiated wheat matrices with minimal sample preparation. These approaches can be extended in the development of screening methods for a wide range of polysaccharides in a variety of crops.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Gamma irradiation up to 10 kGy does not induce drastic degradation or depolymerization of wheat components.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume5 - Treatment
- gamma irradiation up to 10 kGye1
- Outcome
- drastic degradation or depolymerization of wheat componentse1
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede1
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Verbatim
e1“As a general trend, gamma irradiation up to 10 kGy does not induce drastic degradation or depolymerization of wheat components”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat composition modulates the effects of gamma irradiation on structural and conformational rearrangements of starch.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Treatment
- gamma irradiatione2
- Outcome
- structural and conformational rearrangements of starch unitse2
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e2“wheat composition is crucial in modulating the effects of gamma irradiation on structural and conformational rearrangements of starch units”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
Gamma irradiation increases random coil fractions of starch in wheat matrices.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Treatment
- gamma irradiatione0
- Outcome
- random coil fractionse3
- Direction
- increasee3
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e0“This work investigates the effects of gamma irradiation”
e3“Raman and FTIR-ATR spectroscopy analyses showed an increase in random coil fractions”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
The most significant changes in random coil fractions after irradiation are in durum wheat, plausibly attributed to its higher protein content.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Material
- durum wheate4
- Outcome
- most significant changese4
- Qualifier
- plausibly attributed to its higher protein contente4
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Verbatim
e4“with the most significant changes observed in durum wheat, plausibly attributed to its higher protein content”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
Gamma irradiation increases free radicals in a dose-dependent manner in wheat matrices.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Treatment
- gamma irradiatione0
- Outcome
- free radicalse6
- Direction
- increasee6
- Qualifier
- dose-dependente6
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Verbatim
e0“This work investigates the effects of gamma irradiation”
e6“EPR analyses confirmed a dose-dependent increase in free radicals”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
Recombination kinetics of radicals differ between wheat types, influenced by their intrinsic composition.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Material
- wheat typese7
- Outcome
- recombination kineticse7
- Qualifier
- influenced by their intrinsic compositione7
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Verbatim
e7“with different recombination kinetics between wheat types influenced by their intrinsic composition”
e5“on four Italian wheat matrices”
Claim · model-written summary
Spectroscopic approaches allow rapid and non-destructive analyses of molecular structure, chemical composition and free radical content in irradiated wheat matrices.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume7
- Outcome
- rapid and non-destructive analyses of molecular structure, chemical composition, and free radical contente7
- Qualifier
- minimal sample preparatione7
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e7“The proposed spectroscopic approaches allow for rapid and non-destructive analyses of molecular structure, chemical composition, and free radical content in irradiated wheat matrices with minimal sample preparation”
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