Policosanol Contents and Composition of Grain Sorghum Kernels and Dried Distillers Grains

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Hwang, Keum T ^a   Weller, Curtis L ^b   Cuppett, Susan L ^b   Hanna, Milford A ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ESTERS; ETHANOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

COMPOSITION RANGES; DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; GRAIN SORGHUM; LARGE AMOUNTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; POLICOSANOLS; STERYL ESTERS; WAX ESTERS;

LIPIDS;

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ESTER; HEXANE; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLICOSANOL; STEROL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEED KERNEL; SORGHUM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 2342550094     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM.2004.81.3.345     Document Type: Article

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