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food, feed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dustrial purposes are obta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed through these processes. Figures 2.2 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2.3show a schematic representati<strong>on</strong> of the corn wet <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> dry mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, respectively.<str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> kernels are composed of three different secti<strong>on</strong>s: pericarp (ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly fibre), endosperm(starch <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> germ (prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> oil). Ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s found <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> corn kernel arealbum<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, globul<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s, glutel<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ze<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Album<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> globul<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s are c<strong>on</strong>ta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the germ,glutel<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> is homogenously distributed between germ <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> endosperm, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ze<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> is c<strong>on</strong>ta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the endosperm (Shukla <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cheryan, 2001). Xanthophyll pigments <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> corn kernels areembedded with<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> complexes. The total xanthophyll c<strong>on</strong>tent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> whole corn ranges from 11to 30 mg kg -1 (Moros et al., 2002).<str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> gluten meal <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> corn gluten feed are the by-products from the wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g withhigher prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> level (around 60% <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 23% of prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tent <strong>on</strong> a dry matter basis, respectively).Dur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g the wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, naturally occurr<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g xanthophylls rema<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> attached to the gluten fracti<strong>on</strong>(ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly ze<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>) which is ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly recovered <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> corn gluten meal. C<strong>on</strong>sequently, this commodityc<strong>on</strong>ta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s high levels (224 to 550 mg kg -1 <strong>on</strong> a dry matter basis) of yellow carotenoids (Park et al.,1997; Moros et al., 2002), ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly lute<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> zeaxanth<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> gluten feed <strong>on</strong> the other h<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>,c<strong>on</strong>ta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s a level of yellow pigment similar to that found <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> corn kernels (Tucker <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Hargreaves,2004).Dried distiller gra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>s (DDG) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> DDG plus soluble (DDGS) are the dry gra<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g byproductswith higher prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tent (around 23%) (Shukla <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cheryan, 2001). Xanthophyllc<strong>on</strong>tent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> these by-products range from 22 to 40 mg kg -1 (Li et al., 2011).15

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