ENRICHMENT OF GUM CONTENT FROM LESQUERELLA-FENDLERI SEED COAT BY AIR CLASSIFICATION

Authors
WU YV ABBOTT TP
Citation
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
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Industrial crops and products → ACNP
ISSN journal
09266690
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
47 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0926-6690(1996)5:1<47:EOGCFL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
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.