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7752657 
Journal Article 
Bioactive components of commercial and supercritical carbon dioxide processed wheat germ oil 
Eisenmenger, M; Dunford, NT 
2008 
Yes 
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
ISSN: 0003-021X
EISSN: 1558-9331 
WILEY 
HOBOKEN 
85 
1 
55-61 
English 
WOS:000251644600007 
Wheat germ oil (WGO) is a specialty product with a very high nutritional value. The chemical composition of both commercial and pilot scale supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) processed WGO was examined. This study showed that methods used for oil extraction and refining did not have a significant effect on the fatty acid composition of the oil. SC-CO2 extracted oil had a higher tocopherol content than that of commercially hexane extracted oil. The phospholipid content of the SC-CO2 extracted oil was very low indicating that the SC-CO2 extraction method could eliminate the degumming step from edible oil refining processes. Although the conventional chemical oil refining technique reduced the tocopherol content of the WGO, it was possible to concentrate tocopherols in WGO by using physical refining methods such as molecular distillation. © 2007 AOCS. 
wheat germ oil; processing; supercritical carbon dioxide extraction; supercritical fluid fractionation; bioactive compounds