Table 3.

Degree of crystallinity and crystal pattern of gamma irradiated corn starches with different amylose-to-amylopectin ratio

Samples	Relative crystallinity (%)	Crystal pattern
Waxy
0	34.5 ± 0.1a	A
1	33.4 ± 0.1b	A
5	31.2 ± 0.2c	A
10	30.9 ± 0.3c	A
25	28.6 ± 0.2d	A
50	28.3 ± 0.2d	A
Normal
0	33.6 ± 0.1a	A
1	31.7 ± 0.3b	A
5	31.8 ± 0.1b	A
10	30.9 ± 0.2b	A
25	27.7 ± 0.3c	A
50	26.3 ± 0.1d	A
Hylon V
0	27.9 ± 0.3a	B
1	27.3 ± 0.3a	B
5	26.3 ± 0.2b	B
10	25.3 ± 0.1c	B
25	25.0 ± 0.2c	B
50	24.0 ± 0.4d	B
Hylon VII
0	25.5 ± 0.2a	B
1	24.9 ± 0.1a	B
5	22.5 ± 0.2b	B
10	22.8 ± 0.3b	B
25	22.2 ± 0.2b	B
50	22.9 ± 0.3b	B

Values with different superscripts within the same sample are significantly different (P < 0.05)