Yv. Wu et Tp. Abbott, ENRICHMENT OF GUM CONTENT FROM LESQUERELLA-FENDLERI SEED COAT BY AIR CLASSIFICATION, Industrial crops and products, 5(1), 1996, pp. 47-51
Studies were conducted to increase the gum yield from Lesquerella fend
leri seeds. The seeds were first fractured and the seed coat fraction
isolated and defatted. The polysaccharide gum content of the defatted
seed coat (28%) was concentrated by pin milling the seed coat at vario
us speeds followed by air classification. A stepwise procedure involvi
ng pin milling at 14,000 rpm and air classification gave a fraction wi
th 46% gum content and 50% of the initial weight of the defatted seed
coat.