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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Charles Abbas, Champaign, IL (US);
Anne M. Rammelsberg, Decatur, IL (US);
Kyle Beery, Decatur, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles Abbas, Champaign, IL (US);
Anne M. Rammelsberg, Decatur, IL (US);
Kyle Beery, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 65/00 (2009.01); C07J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of 'green' or relatively benign solvents such as ethanol, ethanol/water, isopropyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol/water, ethyl lactate, acetone, butanol, isoamyl alcohol, or ethyl acetate to extract phytosterols from wet corn fiber. The resulting oil product contains free phytosterols and free fatty acids.