Table 5 Physical property of naked oat flours according to different particle sizes

Physical property Control Fractions of control
Fraction A (>250 μm) Fraction B (160-250 μm) Fraction C (<160 μm)
Hunter's value L 75.3±0.1c1) 74.7±0.0d 75.8±0.2b 77.8±0.0a
a 0.3±0.0a 0.1±0.1b -0.2±0.0c -0.6±0.1d
b 13.1±0.1a 12.8±0.1b 12.7±0.0b 12.1±0.0c
Pasting property2) Peak viscosity (RVU) 263.8±1.3c 252.2±3.1d 301.5±2.1b 311.4±1.8a
Trough (RVU) 155.6±1.5a 143.5±2.3b 123.5±0.2d 124.0±0.2c
Final viscosity (RVU) 399.3±1.2c 324.8±2.0d 463.0±0.9b 490.0±4.3a
Break down (RVU) 108.1±0.3c 108.7±0.8c 179.3±0.8b 187.0±1.0a
Setback (RVU) 243.7±2.7c 181.3±0.3d 340.8±2.3b 365.5±3.6a
Values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript small letters in the same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple test (p<0.05).
Break down value is a difference between peak viscosity and trough, setback value is a difference between final viscosity and trough.