Biochemical Changes Associated with Germinating Rice Grains and Germination Improvement

doi:10.1016/S1672-6308(08)60085-2

Abstract

Abstract: To determine biochemical changes during the germination of rice grains (Oryza sativa L. subsp. indica var. Mottaikaruppan) and to improve germination rate using gibberellic acid and surfactants [sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (1.0 g/L) and Triton-X-100 (1.0 mL/L)], whole rice grains soaked in distilled water for 12 h at 30ºC were germinated in the dark at 30ºC for five days. The highest germination rate (77.1%) was obtained on the 5th day. An increase in the content of reducing sugars from 7.3 to 58.1 mg/g DM (dry matter) was observed from the 1st day of germination. Free amino acids and soluble protein contents increased to 3.69 and 5.29 mg/g DM, respectively on the 5th day of germination. Total protein content decreased from 100.5 to 91.0 g/kg DM during germination. Increases in amylolytic (1.1 to 190.0 U/g DM) and proteolytic (0 to 0.12 U/g DM) activities were observed during germination. Effects of different concentrations of gibberellic acid on the germination of rice grains were evaluated and 0.1 g/L was found to promote germination. When effects of gibberellic acid (0.1 g/L) and surfactants were evaluated individually and together, higher germination rate was observed in the control experiment (grains germinated in distilled water), whereas giberellic acid and surfactants decreased the germination rate. Therefore, the flour obtained from the grains germinated for four days using distilled water to obtain high content of soluble materials and enzyme activities can be used in preparation of bakery items.

Key words: germination, whole rice grains, biochemical changes, amylase activity, protease activity

Subajiny VELUPPILLAI, Ketheeswary NITHYANANTHARAJAH, Seevaratnam VASANTHARUBA, Sandrasegarampillai BALAKUMAR, Vasanthy ARASARATNAM . Biochemical Changes Associated with Germinating Rice Grains and Germination Improvement[J]. RICE SCIENCE, 2009, 16(3): 240-242 .

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