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The determination of oil and moisture contents in commercial rapeseed samples, the former by solvent extraction
Author(s) -
Kershaw Stephen J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740370704
Subject(s) - rapeseed , repeatability , extraction (chemistry) , moisture , solvent , water content , pulp and paper industry , solvent extraction , chromatography , environmental science , chemistry , food science , engineering , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering
Some protocols based on standard methods for the determination of oil in rapeseed by solvent extraction are compared. Test portions of whole seed give unacceptably poor repeatability in results and ground samples should be used for analysis. Moisture content of rapeseed can equally well be determined on ground as on whole seed. The standard methods require modification to take account of these findings.