국내산 쌀보리 품종중 ${eta}-glucan$ 함량이 유사한$(4.6{sim}5.0%)$ 메성 쌀보리 (무등쌀보리)와 찰성 쌀보리(찰쌀 보리) 각각 1품종씩을 선별한 후 이들로부터 ${eta}-glucan$ gum 물질을 추출하여 물리화학적 특성을 비교하였다. Crude ${eta}-glucan$ gum의 평균 수율은 찰성 쌀보리에서 높았으며 ${eta}-glucan$ 함량은 $57{sim}64%$였다. 보리 ${eta}-glucan$ gum의 점도는 찰성과 메성에서 유사하였고 의가소성의 유동특성을 보였으며 ${eta}-glucan$ 농도가 증가할수록 그 점도도 증가하였다. 쌀보리가루의 아밀로 그래프에 의한 호화특성은 메성 쌀보리가 찰성 쌀보리에 비해 최고점도가 높은 반면 내부효소 불활성화처리에 의해서는 찰성 쌀보리의 최고점도가 더 높게 나타났다. 쌀보리로부터 분리한 전분과 ${eta}-glucan$ gum을 혼합하여 호화특성을 살펴본 결과 ${eta}-glucan$은 쌀보리 전분의 점도를 증가시켰으며 그 효과는 메성 쌀보리 전분에서 더 큰 것으로 확인되었다.
A normal and a waxy hull-less barley with similar ${eta}-glucan$ contents were selected, and the effects of ${eta}-glucans$ on rheological and pasting properties were investigated by using their flour extracts and isolated ${eta}-glucan$ gum materials. ${eta}-Glucans$ in the barley cultivars were extracted in a crude form with alkaline extraction, and the waxy hull-less barley produced more ${eta}-glucan$ gum yield. The waxy barley also showed higher viscosities of water and alkaline flour extracts, compared to the normal barley. Both normal and waxy barley ${eta}-glucan$ gums exhibited pseudoplastic flow behavior, and increasing ${eta}-glucan$ concentration increased viscosity in a similar manner. The normal barley flour had a higher amylograph peak viscosity than did waxy barley flour. On the other hand, waxy barley flour with treatment of $HgCl_2$ demonstrated considerably higher increase in peak viscosity. Pasting characteristics of normal and waxy barley starches in the presence of ${eta}-glucan$ gum solutions were tested using a rapid visco-analyzer (RVA). ${eta}-Glucan$ gums increased the pasting viscosities of the barley starches, and the synergistic increase in viscosity appeared to be higher in the normal barley starch.
