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Table 3 Comparison of lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) in marigold, corn, and DDGS

From: Quantification and purification of lutein and zeaxanthin recovered from distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS)

Source

Content (mg/g dry mass)

References

Marigold flower

152.23 ± 0.45 (L)

Bhattacharyya et al. (2010)

1.75 ± 0.06 (L)

Sivel et al. (2014)

Corn/maize

0.87 × 10−3 (L), 6.43 × 10−3 (Z)

Panfili et al. (2004)

6.44 × 10−3 (L), 4.42 × 10−3 (Z)

Kean et al. (2011)

DDGS

42.9 × 10−3(L), 17.6 × 10−3 (Z)

(Current work)

  1. It is evident that the processing required to produce DDGS concentrates the lutein and zeaxanthin content