Effect of harvest moisture content and ambient air drying on maize fiber oil yield and its phytosterol composition

Vijay Singh, Ping Yang, Robert A. Moreau, Kevin B. Hicks, Steven R. Eckhoff

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Abstract

Effect of harvest moisture content and ambient air drying on maize fiber yield, fiber oil content and the phytosterol composition of maize fiber oil were evaluated. Maize was harvested at approximately five different harvest moisture contents (28.0, 23.0, 20.0, 18.0 and 15.0%). Effect of air drying was studied by ambient drying the maize harvested at 28.0% moisture content to 20.0 and 13.0% moisture content. Effect of both harvest moisture content and ambient air drying were significant on all the dependent variables, however, no clear trends were observed. The results suggest that as harvest moisture content goes down the amount of oil extracted from the maize fiber decreases but the concentration of the phytosterols in the maize fiber oil increases proportionally.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)635-638
Number of pages4
JournalStarch/Staerke
Volume53
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2001

Keywords

  • Ferulate phytosterol esters
  • Maize fiber oil
  • Maize fiber yield
  • Phytosterol

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Science
  • Organic Chemistry

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