Vitamin E has many health benefits and wheat is a good source of vitamin E. There currently is a trend in buying locally sourced flour due to its environmental and economic benefits. We tested multiple extraction methods for the vitamin E, such as a two-step extraction method and a micro-extraction method. Both extraction methods used hexane as a solvent. All samples were analyzed using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to determine the amount of the vitamin E component alpha-tocopherol in the samples. We are currently working to perfect the extraction method, but extractions with hexane have produced the best results. Once the extraction method is perfected, various sources of commodity and locally sourced wheat flour, and bread from the various sources of flour will be examined.

Comparing vitamin E content in locally grown and commodity wheat

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