Cereal Chem 41:140 - 148.  |  VIEW ARTICLE

Phytosphingosine Content of the Seed of Corn at Various Stages of Maturity.

E. J. Weber, H. E. Carter, and N. M. McCabe. Copyright 1964 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Samples of grain from a single-cross hybrid corn were collected at 1, 3, 6, and 11 weeks after pollination. These samples were analyzed by two methods for phytosphingosine. In the dried material the concentration of long-chain base had decreased 16-fold at maturity. Germ, gluten, and crude fiber from mature corn were also analyzed. The highest concentration of phytosphingosine was found in the germ.