Corn oil is oil extracted from the germ of corn. Its main use is in cooking, where its high smoke point makes it a valuable frying oil. It is also a key ingredient in some margarines. Corn oil has a milder taste and is less expensive than most other types of vegetable oils. Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... The germ is the heart of the cereal kernel, the embryo of the seed, and a concentrated source of several essential nutrients including Vitamin E, folate (folic acid), phosphorus, thiamin, zinc and magnesium. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Frying is the cooking of food with cooking oil as the heat transfer medium. ... Margarine is a generic term used to indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes. ... Vegetable oil or vegoil is fat extracted from plant sources, known as oil plants. ...

One bushel of corn contains 1.55 pounds of corn oil (28 kg/Mg). Corn agronomists have developed high-oil varieties, however, these varieties tend to show lower field yields, so they are not universally accepted by growers. Refined corn oil is 99% triglyceride, with proportions of approximately 59% polyunsaturated fatty acid, 24% monounsaturated fatty acid, and 13% saturated fatty acid. A bushel is a unit of volume, used (with somewhat different definitions) in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. ... Officially the pound is the name for at least three different units of mass: The pound (avoirdupois). ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... A tonne (also called metric ton) is a non-SI unit of mass, accepted for use with SI, defined as: 1 tonne = 103 kg (= 106 g). ... Agricultural science (also called agronomy) is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic, and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. ... Triglycerides (also known as triacylglycerols or triacylglycerides) are glycerides in which the glycerol is esterified with three fatty acids. ... In chemistry, especially biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid (or organic acid), often with a long aliphatic tail (long chains), either saturated or unsaturated. ...

Corn oil is also one source of biodiesel. Biodiesel is commonly made from soybeans, but as corn oil refining technology improves, it will become a greater source of biodiesel and a backup source in case of large-scale soybean crop failures. Biodiesel sample Biodiesel is fuel made from renewable resources such as vegetable oils or animal fats. ... Binomial name Glycine max Merr. ...

Other industrial uses for corn oil include soap, salve, paint, rustproofing for metal surfaces, inks, textiles, and insecticides. It is sometimes used as a carrier for drug molecules in pharmaceutical preparations. This article is about a common cleaning compound. ... Look up Salve on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the eyes. ... For information on the U.S. borough, see Paint, Pennsylvania. ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for colouring a surface to render an image or text. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... An insecticide is a pesticide whose purpose is to kill or to prevent the multiplication of insects. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon (φάρμακον) is drug, and logos (λόγος) is science) is the study of how chemical substances interact with living systems. ...

Further reading

Dupont J, PJ White, MP Carpenter, EJ Schaefer, SN Meydani, CE Elson, M Woods, and SL Gorbach. Food uses and health effects of corn oil. J Am Coll Nutr. 1990 Oct;9(5):438-70. yeahyeah

External links

Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils
The Maize Page