Maize germ

Stable expression of the recombinant protein is another pre-requisite. For production in CHO cell culture, narrow specifications of expression level are requested by the FDA. Consequently, plant-derived proteins need to be produced according to a defined scheme and within defined specifications in order to generate material suitable for clinical trials. Therefore, the expression level must be maintained within a defined range. For example, Prodigene Inc. assessed whether the E. coli Lt-B protein was uniformly distributed throughout the defatted maize germ by analyzing samples... 

Campanellae al. [92] Lecithin Soya seed flour, soya seed oil, ground soya seed oil, ground maize germ oil, milk chocolate, soya lecithin in gel capsules, soya lecithin in tablets Phospholipase D and choline oxidase/both immobilised in kappa-carrageenan gel or in dialysis membrane Amperometric gas diffusion electrode for oxygen ... 

Table 4.1.13A. Hominy feed (IFN 4-03-011). A mixture of maize bran, maize germ and part...

Turrell, J.A. and Whitehead, P.A. (1989) Authenticity of edible vegetable oils and fats, Part XVIII analysis of additional samples of sunflower-seed, groundnut and maize germ oils. Leatherhead Food RA Research Reports No. 637. Leatherhead Food RA, UK. 

When a feed material contained more than 10% starch, the level of FOM was reduced to take into account the starch fraction that escapes rumen digestion. The multiplication coefficient used for FOM was 0.6 for maize, sorghum and rice, and 0.8 for peas, faba beans, potato pulp, whole potatoes, full fat and extracted rice bran, maize germ meals, maize bran and cassava. A value of 0.95 was used for all the other feed materials containing more than 10% starch. 

By-product from the manufacture of maize flour or semolina. It consists principally of outer skins and some maize germ fragments, with some endosperm particles (n = 348). 

Fatty acid Peanut oil Sesame oil Maize germ oil Sunflower oil Safflower oil Cottonseed oil Poppyseed oil... 

Table 1 clearly shows that the test materials have dramatically different particle properties. For example, white plastic pellets (or polystyrene chips) are coarse and have uniform size duralina is fine compared to white plastic pellets and maize germ has flat-shaped particles and... 

Maize oil (com oil) is obtained from maize germ (the embryos of Zea mays L.) (Codex Alimentarius, 1999). Unlike most other vegetable oils, com oil (maize oil) is obtained from seeds (kernels) that only contain 3-5% oil. Obtaining oil directly from the kernels is technically possible, but com kernel oil would be costly to produce, because of the low levels of oil in the kernels. Com germ is rich in oil (>30%), and is the source of all the commercial com oil, which could more accurately be called com germ oil (Gunstone, 2011). 

Policosanol High-molecular-weight molecules of aliphatic alcohols with a hydroxyl group positioned at one of the terminal ends. The most common are octacosanol (28 carbons) and triacontanol (30 carbons). The policosanols are synthesized from short-chain or volatile fatty acids that are first reduced to aldehydes and then to alcohols. The maize germ and related coproducts obtained from dry- and wetmilling processes are the main source. The policosanols exert health benefits that include lowering blood cholesterol and preventing arteriosclerotic lesions. 

Other vegetable oils like avocado, borage, maize germ, etc., rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, are extensively used for treatment products because the organism is unable to synthesize them, though it needs them to maintain the barrier function healthy. It has been observed that patients with dermatitis have low tissular levels of all the polyunsaturated derivatives of linoleic acid and that local applications of this acid soothes the skin and reduces the transepidermal water loss. 

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