Best papers relating to proteins and co-products published during the past year in AOCS Press publications.

Engineering/Technology category

1984          "Soy Protein Hydrolysis in Membrane Reactors," M. Cheryan and D. Deeslie, JAOCS 60(6):1112-1115 (1983).

1985          "Production of Protein and Fatty Acids in the Anaerobic Fermentation of Molasses by E. ruminantium," K. I. Mehta and C. D. Callihan, JAOCS 61(11):1728-1734 (1984).

1986          "Film Forming and Foaming Behavior of Food Proteins," J. B. German, T. E. O'Neill and J. E. Kinsella, JAOCS 62(9):1358-1366 (1985).

1987          "Pilot Plant Studies on Extracting Cottonseed with Methylene Chloride," L. A. Johnson, J. T. Farnsworth, N. Z. Sadek, N. Chamkasem, E. W. Lusas and B. L. Reid, JAOCS 63(5): 647-652 (1986).

1988          "Flavor Improvement of Soybean Preparations by Genetic Removal of Lipoxygenase-2," C. S. Davies, S. S. Nielsen, and N. C. Nielsen, JACOS 64(10):1428-1433 (1987).

1989          "Modeling of Solvent Extraction of Oilseeds," G. Abraham, R. J. Hron, Sr. and S. P. Koltun, JAOCS 65(1):129-135 (1988).

1990          "Determination of the Total Glucosinolate Content in Canola by Reaction with Thymol and Sulfuric Acid," D. R. DeClercq and J. K. Daun, JAOCS 66(6):788-791 (1989).

1991          "Near-Infrared Reflectance Measurement of Moisture, Protein and Oil Content of Ground Crambe Seed," R. A. Hartwig and C. R. Hurburgh, Jr., JAOCS 67(7): 435-437 (1990).

1992 (tie) "Peptidoglutaminase Deamidation of Proteins and Protein Hydrolysates for Improved Food Use," J. S. Hamada, JAOCS 68(7):459-462 (1991).

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                 "Characterization of Texture and Mechanical Properties of Heat-Induced Soy Protein Gels," I. J. Kang, Y. Matsumura and T. Mori, JAOCS 68(5):339-345 (1991).

1993          "Characterization of Protein Extracted from Flaked, Defatted, Whole Corn by the Sequential Extraction Process," M. P. Hojilla-Evangelista, D. J. Myers, and L. A. Johnson, JAOCS 69(3):199-204 (1992).

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1996          "Off-Flavor Removal from Soy-Protein Isolate by Using Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," P. Maheshwari, E. T. Ooi, and Z. L. Nikolov, JAOCS 72(10):1107-1115 (1995).

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1999          "Structure and Performance of Soy Hull Carbon Adsorbents as Affected by Pyrolysis Temperature," R. Gnanasambandam, M. Mathias, and A. Proctor, JAOCS 75(5):615-621 (1998).

2000          "Pilot-Plant Fractionation of Soybean Glycinin and b-Conglycinin," S. Wu, P. A. Murphy, L. A. Johnson, A. R. Fratzke, and M. A. Reuber, JAOCS 76(3):285-293 (1999).

2001          "Isolation and Separation of Tocopherols from Olive By-products with Supercritical Fluids," E. Ibáñez, J. Palacios, F. Señoráns, G. Santa-Mariá, J. Tabera, and G. Reglero, JAOCS 77(2):187-190 (2000).

2002          "Twin-Screw Extrusion Texturization of Exctruded-Expelled Soybean Flour," T. W. Crowe and L. A. Johnson, JAOCS 78(8):781-786 (2001).

2003          "Factors Affecting Oil Extraction/Water Adsorption in Sequential Extraction Processing of Corn," M. Hojilla-Evangelista and L. A. Johnson, JAOCS 79(8):815-823 (2002).

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2005          "Investigation of Soy Protein-Kymene^® Adhesive Systems for Wood Composites,"K. Li, S. Peshkova, and X. Geng, JAOCS 80(5): 487-491.

2006           "Composition and Economic Comparison of Germ Fractions from Modified Corn Processing Technologies," D.B. Johnston, A.J. McAloon, R.A. Moreau, K.B. Hicks and V. Singh, JAOCS 82(8):603-608 (2005).

2007           "Production of Mustard Protein Isolates from Oriental Mustard (Brassica juncea L.), "R. Marnoch and L.L. Diosady, JAOCS 83(1):65-69 (2006).

2008           "Characterization of Fractionated Soy Proteins Produced by a New Simplified Procedure," N.A. Deak, P.A. Murphy and L.A. Johnson, JAOCS 84(2):137-149 (2007).