The new Galva plant will extract zein from 600,000 bushels of corn per year, about the amount produced on 3,000 to 4,000 acres, Mr. Shane said.

Cellulose can both repel and attract water, making it effective at forming emulsions for attracting different types of stains. Zein proteins from corn help to stabilize that emulsion and work to trap ...

Corn zein was cross-linked with glutaraldehyde (GDA) using glacial acetic acid (HAc) as catalyst. The objectives are to evaluate the swelling characteristics of GDA cross-linked zein gels in water, ...

Scientists create biodegradable detergent using wood and corn components The plant-based detergent, made by mixing cellulose nanofibers from wood with zein protein from corn, was found to ...

Physical Cross-Linking of Cellulose Nanofibrils with Zein Particles as an Eco-Friendly Detergent. Langmuir, 2025; 41 (8): 5147 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04398 ...

The researchers combined cellulose nanofibers from wood with zein protein from corn to create an emulsion. Cellulose can attract and repel water, so it is effective at forming such emulsions and ...

But research shows that people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity react to zein in corn and corn products like cornstarch. Celiac disease is a condition that occurs when your immune system ...

A research team has developed a new method for encapsulating probiotics. They used nanoparticles formed by antisolvent precipitation to protect the probiotics, and tested the probiotics in lab ...

But Chem ist C. G. Harford, of the Arthur D. Little laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., found that a resin named zein, derived from corn, behaved very much like shellac.

Aged, well-fermented corn silage will have higher corn kernel digestibility, as the fermented silage acids break down the corn zein protein structure to increase rumen starch digestion.