Purification process of octacosanol extracts from rice bran wax by molecular distillation

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Chen, Fang ^a   Wang, Zhengfu ^a   Zhao, Guanghua ^a   Liao, Xiaojun ^a   Cai, Tongyi ^a   Guo, Linyu ^a   Hu, Xiaosong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular distillation (MD); Octacosanol; Purification; Rice bran wax (RBW)

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION; YIELD STRESS;

MOLECULAR DISTILLATION (MD); OCTACOSANOL; RICE BRAN WAX (RBW);

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION; RICE;

EID: 33748761149     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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