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. 2018 Feb 13;49(3):621–631. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.12.005

Table 4.

Solubility and thermal properties of zein and its hydrolysates.

Time of fermentation (d)	Solubility (%)	Thermal properties
		Maximum (°C)	Area (J/g)
Zein	1.84 ± 0.25^a	87.26 ± 9.08^a	135.433 ± 9.09^d
2	80.45 ± 0.78^b	102.76 ± 0.28^c	89.99 ± 7.82^a
4	81.74 ± 1.01^b	100.76 ± 0.44^c	96.60 ± 9.05^a
6	83.14 ± 0.51^c	107.13 ± 0.54^d	92.15 ± 8.68^a
8	86.18 ± 0.86^d	92.75 ± 1.05^b	90.46 ± 0.49^a
10	84.47 ± 1.38^c	92.26 ± 1.52^b	97.36 ± 4.87^b
12	84.21 ± 0.90^c	92.38 ± 0.12^b	107.57 ± 0.84^c
14	83.96 ± 0.73^c	93.65 ± 1.00^b	108.78 ± 0.56^c

Mean ± SD (n = 3) and different letters in one column are significantly different (p < 0.05).