Compendium of the most significant studies with reference to properties, intake, effects.

Wen YQ, Xu LL, Xue CH, Jiang XM. Effect of Stored Humidity and Initial Moisture Content on the Qualities and Mycotoxin Levels of Maize Germ and Its Processing Products. Toxins (Basel). 2020 Aug 20;12(9):535. doi: 10.3390/toxins12090535.

Nikiforidis CV, Kiosseoglou V. Aqueous extraction of oil bodies from maize germ (Zea mays) and characterization of the resulting natural oil-in-water emulsion. J Agric Food Chem. 2009 Jun 24;57(12):5591-6. doi: 10.1021/jf900771v.

 Matsakidou A, Tsimidou MZ, Kiosseoglou V. Storage behavior of caseinate-based films incorporating maize germ oil bodies. Food Res Int. 2019 Feb;116:1031-1040. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.09.042.

 Sukhotu R, Shi X, Hu Q, Nishinari K, Fang Y, Guo S. Aggregation behaviour and stability of maize germ oil body suspension. Food Chem. 2014 Dec 1;164:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.05.003.

Wang H, Wang T, Johnson LA. Effects of kernel breakage and fermentation on corn germ integrity and oil quality. J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Sep 22;58(18):10039-44. doi: 10.1021/jf101564m.

Zhang J, Martin JM, Beecher B, Lu C, Hannah LC, Wall ML, Altosaar I, Giroux MJ. The ectopic expression of the wheat Puroindoline genes increase germ size and seed oil content in transgenic corn. Plant Mol Biol. 2010 Nov;74(4-5):353-65. doi: 10.1007/s11103-010-9679-3.

 Weinstock BA, Janni J, Hagen L, Wright S. Prediction of oil and oleic acid concentrations in individual corn (Zea mays L.) kernels using near-infrared reflectance hyperspectral imaging and multivariate analysis. Appl Spectrosc. 2006 Jan;60(1):9-16. doi: 10.1366/000370206775382631.

Weber EJ. Variation in corn (Zea mays L.) for fatty acid compositions of triglycerides and phospholipids. Biochem Genet. 1983 Feb;21(1-2):1-13. doi: 10.1007/BF02395387.