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.

Corn germ oil is a natural product, a by-product of corn processing, which is obtained through an industrial process from corn germ and has a high fat content (35-47%) and protein.

It is also rich in various nutritional compositions, such as vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids (1).

The industrial process includes an extraction stage, an evaporation stage and negative pressure as well as the kerosene recycling process. The equipment that is in accordance with the latest relevant legislation has a high level of safety, advanced technology, interlock control, low oil residue.

Corn germ oil is used by food industry and cosmetic industry.

In cooking it has demonstrated a high smoke point in frying, so with excellent prerogatives. I remember however that the best and healthiest oils for frying are olive oil and sunflower oil. From the economic point of view is less expensive than other vegetable oils 

In cosmetics it is used as an emollient to make creams more pleasant in appearance and smoothness.

Other industrial uses of corn oil include soaps, ointments, paints, rubbers, anti-rust for metal surfaces, inks, fabrics, nitroglycerin and insecticides, as a carrier for molecules in pharmaceutical preparations and as a carrier for drug molecules in pharmaceutical preparations.

The most relevant studies on this chemical compound have been selected with a summary of their contents:

Corn germ oil studies

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(1) Bhat R, Reddy KR. Challenges and issues concerning mycotoxins contamination in oil seeds and their edible oils: Updates from last decade. Food Chem. 2017 Jan 15;215:425-37. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.07.161.