Composition and economic comparison of germ fractions from modified corn processing technologies

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 603-608

  Johnston, David B ^a   McAloon, Andrew J ^a   Moreau, Robert A ^a   Hicks, Kevin B ^a   Singh, Vijay ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Co product; Corn; Ethanol process economics; Germ; Germ quality; Maize; Milling; Oil; Process; Value

Indexed keywords

ASH COMPOSITIONS; CO-PRODUCTS; ETHANOL PROCESS ECONOMICS; GERM QUALITY;

COMPOSITION; CROPS; ETHANOL; MARKETING; OILS AND FATS; PROTEINS; STARCH;

MILLING (MACHINING);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORN; ETHANOL; MACHINING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30344463279     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-005-1116-z     Document Type: Article

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