Amylase-treated rice flour oral rehydration solution with enhanced energy density. I. In vitro studies of viscosity, osmolality, and stability

摘要

Recent studies on the dietary management of dehydrated children with oral rehydration solution (ORS) showed that maximizing nutrient intake during treatment can curtail the nutritional deterioration of an episode of acute diarrhoea. The viscosity of a10% or 15% (w/v) rice flour solution can be reduced to that of a drinkable solution by appropriate incubation and partial hydrolysis of rice starch with a commercial alpha-amylase. Cooking the solution for 5 minutes at 90°C inactivates the enzyme. When0.32 ml of a-amylase enzyme was added, the viscosity of a 10% rice-based oral rehydration solution (RB-ORS) measured at 0.3 revolution per minute declined from 50,539 to 636 centipoise (cp), and when 0.96 ml of enzyme was added to a 15% RB-ORS, the viscosity declined from 170,258 to 1,283 cp. The osrnolality of enzyme-treated RB-ORS without electrolytes was 5 mOsm; that of the electrolyte mixture alone was 160 mOsm; thai of 10% RB-ORS with electrolytes was 225 mOsm; and that of 15% RB-ORS with electrolytes was 295 mOsm. The 10% and 15% rice flour solutions incubated with alpha-amylase can be converted to easy-to-drink solutions that could potentially be used as ORS with greater nutritional value than current glucose-based solutions. Clinical trials are necessary to test the safety and efficacy of these enzyme-treated RB-ORS.