Studies on Physicochemical Properties of Cowpea and Rheological Properties of Cowpea Starch Gel

동부의 이화학적 특성과 동부묵의 Rheology에 대하여

The amino acids ana fatty acids of cowpea were determined and physicochemical properties of cowpea starch and rheological properties of cowpea starch gel were investigated. The results were as following: The proteins of cowpea were particularly rich in glutamic acid (20.02%) and aspartic acid (12.21%) and contained considerable amount of leucine (8.99%), lysine (7.20%) and tryptophan (1.81%), whereas were poor in sulpho-containing amino acids. The lipids of cowpea were mainly composed of 31,43% linoleic acid, 28.34% linolenic acid, 22.9% palmitic acid and 7.63% oleic acid and the small amount of myristic, arachidonic and behenic acid was contained. The ratio of the saturated to the unsaturated in cowpea oil was 32~33/67~68. Cowpea starch gel showed lower values for hardness and brittleness than mung been starch gel, whereas a higher value for cohesiveness than mung bean starch gel, Cowpea starch gel showed lower values for $E_H$, $E_V$ than mung bean starch gel, whereas higher values for $n_V$, $n_N$ than mung bean starch gel. Cowpea starch gel had a lower value for elasticity than mung bean starch gel and had a higher value for viscosity than mung bean starch gel.