As described by Zhang et al. (14 (link)), the molecular structure was analyzed by determining the molecular weight distribution. Completely dissolved solution (starch samples/dimethyl sulfoxide was 2 mg/mL, 90°C, 24 h) was evaluated with an absolute molecular weight analysis system including multi-angle laser light-scattering detector (Wyatt Technology Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA, USA), refractive index detector (Wyatt Technologies), and high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (Wyatt Technology Corporation). The guard column, Shodex OHpak SB-804 HQ and Shodex OHpak SB-806 HQ (Showa Denko K.K., Tokyo, Japan) Phenogel columns were used. The column temperature was 60°C, and flow rate of the dimethyl sulfoxide mobile phase was 0.3 mL/min. The sample injection consisted of 100 μL. Data obtained using this system were analyzed with Astra software (version 5.3.4, Wyatt Technology).
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