The rheogram in Fig. 2 shows the temperature-dependent
storage modulus (G0) of hydrothermally treated and native rice
flour during heating from 25 to 95 C and cooling to 25 C. Storage
modulus (G0) and loss modulus (G00) were determined in dynamic
measurements related to the elastic behavior of the dual nature of
the polymer melt, which was partly elastic solid and partly viscous
fluid. Measurements of G0 and G00 provide information on polymer
structure and might be related to molecular weight distribution or
cross-linking (Rao and Tattiyakul, 1999).