Fatty acid composition of maize germ oil from high-oil hybrids wet-milling processing

Abstract

Maize germ was obtained by wet-milling laboratory processing of domestic high-oil maize hybrids. After separation, the germ was subjected to extraction of maize oil. Fatty acid composition of maize germ oil was determined by gas chromatography. The results showed very high levels of unsaturated fatty acids and a constant sum of oleic and linoleic acids in oils of different maize hybrids.

Keywords

• high-oil maize
• wet milling
• maize germ
• gas chromatography
• fatty acids