Robert A Moreau
Sustainable Biofuels and Co-Products
Research Chemist
Phone: (215) 233-6428
Fax: (215) 233-6406
Room 3125 600 E MERMAID LN
ERRC WYNDMOOR, PA, 19038-8598
Moreau, R.A., Bregitzer, P.P., Liu, K., Hicks, K.B. 2012. Compositional equivalence of barleys differing only in low and normal phytate levels. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60:6493-6498.
Holt, M.D., Moreau, R.A., Dermarderosian, A., Mckeown, N., Jacques, P.F. 2012. Accelerated solvent extraction of alkylresorcinols in food products containing uncooked and cooked wheat. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60:4799-4802.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D.B., Haas, M.J, Hicks, K.B. 2012. Aqueous extraction of corn oil after fermentation in the dry grind ethanol process. In: Farr, W., Proctor, A., editors. Green Oil Processing. Urbana, IL: AOCS Press. p. 53-70.
Kim, E., Kwon, T., Um, B., Moreau, R.A., Choi, S. 2012. Anti-inflammatory activity of hydroxycinnamic acid derivtives isolated from corn bran in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated raw 264.7 macrophages. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 50:1309-1316.
Dien, B.S., Wicklow, D.T., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Moser, J.K., Cotta, M.A. 2012. Influence of Stenocarpella maydis infected corn on the composition of corn kernel and its conversion into ethanol. Cereal Chemistry. 89:15-23.
Yadav, M.P., Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2012. Production of corn fiber gum under conditions that retain its functional components. In: Williams, P.A., Phillips, G.O., editors. Gums and Stabilizers for the Food Industry. Conference Proceedings on 16th Gums and Stabilisers Conference for the Food Industry. June 28-July 1, 2011, Wageningen, The Netherlands. p. 16:59-66.
Yadav, M.P., Moreau, R.A., Hotchkiss, A.T., Hicks, K.B. 2011. The development of a new corn fiber gum isolation process that preserves its functional components. Carbohydrate Polymers. 87:1169-1175.
Moreau, R.A., Lampi, A. 2012. Analysis methods for tocopherols and tocotrienols, in Analysis of Antioxidant-Rich Phytochemicals, ed by Xu, Z. and Howard, L.Wiley-Blackwell, West Suxxex, UK, pp353-386.
Dien, B.S., Wicklow, D.T., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Moser, J.K., Cotta, M.A. 2011. Influence of Stenocarpella maydis infected corn on the dry grind ethanol process [abstract]. International Starch Technology Conference. p. 82.
Dien, B.S., Wicklow, D.T., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Moser, J.K., Cotta, M.A. 2012. Influence of Stenocarpella maydis infected corn on the composition of corn kernel and its conversion into ethanol. Cereal Chemistry. 89(1):15-23.
Lin, X., Ma, L., Moreau, R.A., Ostlund, Jr, R.E. 2011. Glycosidic bond cleavage is not required for phytosteryl glycoside-induced reduction of cholesterol absorption in mice. Lipids Journal. 46:701-708.
Liu, K., Moreau, R.A., Bregitzer, P.P., Hicks, K.B. 2011. Composition and Functional Lipid Profiles of Low-Phyate Barleys and Related Cultivars. World Conference on Oilseed and Edible Oil Processing. Izmir, Turkey, June 21-23, 2011.
Dickey, L.C., Johnston, D., Kurantz, M.J., Mcaloon, A.J., Moreau, R.A. 2011. Modification of aqueous enzymatic oil extraction to increase the yield of corn oil from dry fractionated corn germ. Industrial Crops and Products. 34:845-850.
Yadav, M.P., Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. 2011. Contribution of lipids, phenolic acids, and protein rich components to emulsifying properties of corn fiber gum and acacia gum. In: Kennedy, J.F., Phillips, G.O., Williams, P.A., editors. World Conference on New developments in acacia gums research, products and processes, September 20-22, 2010, Cambridge, UK. published by Royal Society of Chemistry. 261-268.
Moreau, R.A., Liu, K., Moser, J.K., Singh, V. 2011. Changes in lipid composition during dry grind ethanol processing of corn. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 88:435-442.
Hicks, K.B., Nghiem, N.P., Johnston, D., Moreau, R.A., Mcaloon, A.J., Boateng, A.A., Mullen, C.A., Yee, W.C., Kurantz, M.J. 2010. Winter barley ethanol - a new advanced biofuel. In Rausch, K., Singh, V., Tumbleson, M. (editors). Proceedings of the S-1041 Symposium on "Conversion Technologies for Biofuels", August 2-3, 2010, Wyndmoor, PA. p.54-58.
Schober, T.J., Moreau, R.A., Bean, S. and Boyle, D.L. 2010. Removal of surfac lipids improves the functionality of commercial zein in viscoelastic zein-starch dough for gluten-free breadmaking. Journal of Cereal Science. 52(3):417-425.
Moreau, R.A., Nghiem, N.P., Rosentrater, K.A., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. 2012. Ethanol production from starch-rich crops other than corn and the composition and value of the resulting DDGS. In: Liu, K., Rosentrater, K.A., editors. Distillers Grains: Production, Properties and Utilization. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 103-117.
Liu, K., Moreau, R.A., Moser, J.K. 2010. Changes in oil content, fatty acid composition, and functional lipid profiles during dry grind ethanol production from corn.. American Oil Chemists' Society Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, May 16-19.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B., Johnston, D., Laun, N.P. 2010. The composition of corn oil produced after fermentation via centrifugation from a commercial dry grind ethanol process. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 87:895-902.
Srinivasan, R., Hicks, K.B., Challa, R.K., Wilson, J., Kurantz, M.J., Moreau, R.A. 2010. Fractionation of barley flour using a combination of sieving and air classification. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 53(2):503-508.
Mullen, C.A., Boateng, A.A., Hicks, K.B., Goldberg, N.M., Moreau, R.A. 2010. Analysis and comparison of bio-oil produced by fast pyrolysis from three barley biomass/byproduct streams. Energy and Fuels. 24:699-706.
Griffey, C., Brooks, W., Kurantz, M.J., Thomason, W., Taylor, F., Obert, D.E., Moreau, R.A., Flores, R., Sohn, M., Hicks, K.B. 2010. Grain composition of Virginia winter barley and implications for use in feed, food, and biofuels production. Journal of Cereal Science. 51:41-49.
Moreau, R.A. 2011. Aqueous enzymatic oil extraction from seeds, fruits, and other oil-rich plant materials, in Alternatives to Conventional Food Processing, ed. A. Proctor, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. Book Chapter 8, p.341-366.
Kamal-Eldin, A., Moreau, R.A. 2009. Tree nut oils. Book Chapter in "Gourmet and Health-Promoting Specialty Oils", ed. by R. A. Moreau and A. Kamal-Eldin, AOCS Press, Urbana, pp 127-149.
Moreau, R.A., Singh, V., Powell, M.J., Hicks, K.B. 2009. Corn kernel oil and corn fiber oil. Book Chapter in "Gourmet and Health-Promoting Specialty Oils", ed. by R. A. Moreau and A. Kamal-Eldin, AOCS Press, Urbana, pp. 409-431.
Parris, N., Cooke, P.H., Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2008. Encapsulation of essential oils in zein nanosperical particles. Book Chapter in New Delivery Systems for Controlled Drug Release from Naturally Occurring Materials, ed. by N. Parris, L. S. Liu, C. Song, and V. P. Sastri, ACS Symposium Series 992, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC pp 175-192.
Liu, K., Moreau, R.A. 2008. Concentrations of functional lipids in abraded fractions of hulless barley and effect of storage. Journal of Food Science. 73(7):C569-C576.
Moreau, R.A., Scott, K.M., Haas, M.J. 2008. The identification and quantification of steryl glucosides in precipitates from commercial biodiesel. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 85:761-770.
Sharma, V., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A. 2008. Increasing the value of hominy feed as a coproduct by fermentation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 149:p.145-153.
Moreau, R.A., Doehlert, D.C., Welti, R., Isaac, G., Roth, M., Tamura, P., Nunez, A. 2008. The identification of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetragalactosyl-diacylglycerols and their natural estolides in oat kernels. Lipids. 43:533-548.
Sharma, V., Moreau, R.A., Singh, V. 2008. Increasing the value of hominy feed as a coproduct by fermentation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 149:145-153.
Srinivasan, R., Moreau, R.A., Parsons, C., Lane, J.D., Singh, V. 2008. Separation of fiber from distillers dried grains (DDG) using sieving and elutriation. Biomass and Bioenergy 32:468-472.
Nystrom, L., Moreau, R.A., Lampi, A., Hicks, K.B., Piironen, V. 2008. Enzymatic hydrolysis of steryl ferulates and steryl glycosides. European Food Research and Technology. 227:727-733.
Moreau, R.A., Nunez, A., Hicks, K.B. 2007. HPLC, HPLC-MS and Lipidomics methods for the analysis of functional lipids in vegetable oils, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. Proceedings of 36th UJNR Food and Agricultural Panel, Tsukuba, Japan 2007. pp 177-180..
Moreau, R.A., Dickey, L.C., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. 2009. A process for the aqueous enzymatic extraction of corn oil from dry-milled corn germ and enzymatic wet milled corn germ (E-Germ). Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 86:p.469-474.
Moreau, R.A., Wayns, K., Flores, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2007. Tocopherols and tocotrienols in barley oil prepared from germ and other fractions from scarification and sieving of hulless barley. Cereal Chemistry. 84(6):587-592.
Srinivasan, R., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Rausch, K.D.,Tumbleson, M.E., Singh, V. 2007. Phytosterol distribution in fractions obtained from processing of distillers dried grains with solubles using sieving and elutriation. Cereal Chemistry 84:626-639.
Britz, S.J., Prasad, P., Moreau, R.A., Allen Jr, L.H., Kremer, D.F., Boote, K.J. 2007. Influence of growth temperature on the amounts of tocopherols, tocotrienols, and y-oryzanol in brown rice. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 55:7559-7565.
Dickey, L.C., Cooke, P.H., Kurantz, M.J., Mcaloon, A.J., Parris, N., Moreau, R.A. 2007. Using microwave heating to determine optimal corn germ oil yield with a bench-scale press. 2007. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 84(5):489-495.
Choi, S., Lee, S., Kim, E., Yoon, K., Parris, N., Hicks, K.B., Moreau, R.A. 2007. Antioxidant and Antimelanogenic activities of polyamine conjugates from corn bran and related hydroxycinnamic acids. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 55, p.3920-3925.
Moreau, R.A. 2008. The use of enzyme test kits for teaching lipid chemistry. In "Teaching innovations in Lipids Science", ed by R. Weselake, CRC Press, lBoca Ratan, pp 215-227. Book Chapter.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2006. Hplc and hplc-ms as tools to monitor the quality of vegetable oils, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. UJNR Food & Agricultural Panel Proceedings, Rohnert Park, California, pp.IA25-1A29..
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2006. A reinvestigation of the effect of heat pretreatment of corn fiber and corn germ on the levels of extractable tocopherols and tocotrienols. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 54, p.8093-8102.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Dickey, L.C., Parris, N., Hicks, K.B. 2007. Aqueous enzymatic oil extraction: a "green" bioprocess to obtain oil from corn germ and other oil-rich plant materials, in "The industrial application of enzymes on carbohydrate based materials, ed by G. Eggleston and J. R. Vercellotti, American Oil Chemists' Society Press, pp 101-120. Book Chapter.
Hicks, K.B., Johnston, D., Moreau, R.A., Mcaloon, A.J., Ramirez, E.C., Singh, V. 2006. Corn wet fractionation prior to fermentation for recovery of valuable co-products. Proceedings of the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, June 5-7, 2006 in Dallas, Texas.
Dickey, L.C., Moreau, R.A., Parris, N. Churning corn germ dispersions to separate oil. Presentation at the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, Dallas, TX, June 5-7, 2006. Poster Session.
Parris, N., Moreau, R., Johnston, D. B., Singh, V. and Dickey, L.C., 2006. Protein Distribution in Commercial Wet- and Dry-Milled Corn Germ. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 54:4868-4872.
Moreau, R.A., Flores, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2007. The composition of functional lipids in hulled and hulless barley, in fractions obtained by scarification and in barley oil. Cereal Chemistry Vol 84, No. 1, p.1-5.
Yadav, M.P., Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2006. Phenolic acids, lipids and proteins in corn fiber gum. Meeting Abstract at the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, June 5-7, 2006, Dallas, Texas
Parris, N., Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Singh, V., Dickey, L.C. 2006.Protein distribution in commercial wet- and dry-milled corn germ. Presentation at the AOCS Annual meeting, April 30-May 4, 2006, St. Louis, MO., Protein and Co-Products Poster.
Srinivasan, R., Singh, V., Belyea, R.L., Rausch, K.D., Moreau, R.A., Tumbleson, M.E. 2006. Economics of fiber separation from distillers dried grains with solubles (ddgs) using sieving and elutriation. Cereal Chemistry.83(4):p.324-330.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. Influence of moisture content and cooking on the bench scale screw pressing and pre-pressiing of corn oil from corn germ. Oil Mill Gazetteer 111:8-10 March 2006.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B., Parris, N., Dickey, L.C. 2006. Processes to produce functional foods during the conversion of grains to fuel ethanol. Presentation at the ACS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, 2006. Symposium on Healthy Products from Agricultural By-Products, Oral Paper 6.
Nystrom, L., Achrenius, T., Lampi, A., Moreau, R.A., Piironen, V. 2007. A comparison of the antioxidant properties of steryl ferulates with tocopherol at high temperatures. Food Chemistry 101, p.947-954.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Powell, M.J., Hicks, K.B. 2004. A comparison of commercial enzymes for the aqueous enzymatic extraction of corn oil from corn germ. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, V.81, No. 11, p.1071-1075.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2005. The composition of corn oil obtained by the alcohol extraction of ground corn. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. V. 82, No. 11. p. 809-815.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. 2005. The influence of moisture content and cooking on the screw pressing and pre-pressing of corn oil from corn germ. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. Vol. 82, No. 11,p.851-854.
Wanjie, S.W., Welti, R., Moreau, R.A., Chapman, K.D. 2005. Identification and quantification of lipid metabolites in cotton fibers: reconciliation with metabolic pathway predictions from dna databases. Lipids Journal. V. 40, No. 8, p.773-785.
Moreau, R.A. 2006. An overview of modern mass spectrometry methods in the toolbox of lipid chemists and biochemists. In "New Techniques and Applications in Lipid Analysis and Lipidomics" ed. by M. M. Mossoba, J.K.G.Kramer, J.T. Brenna, and R. E. McDonald, AOCS Press, Champaign, 2006. 448pp.
Johnston, D., Mcaloon, A.J., Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B., Singh, V. Composition and economic comparison of germ fractions derived from modified corn processing technologies. 2005. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society.82, No. 8, p.603-608.
Hicks, K.B., Flores, R.A., Taylor, F., Mcaloon, A.J., Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Senske, G.E., Brooks, W.S., Griffey, C.A. 2005. Barley: a potential feedstock for fuel ethanol in the U. S.?. Proceedings of the Fourth International Starch Conference, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, June 5-8, p.25-29.
Srinivasan, R., Moreau, R.A., Rausch, K.D., Belyea, R.L., Tumbleson, M.E., Singh, V. 2005. Removal of fiber from distillers dried grains with solubles (ddgs) using sieving and elutriation. Cereal Chemistry 82, p.528-533.
Moreau, R.A., Powell, M.J., Johnston, D., Hicks, K.B. Aqueous enzymatic extraction of corn oil from corn germ. Meeting Abstract. 96th AOCS Anual Meeting & Expo., Salt Lake City, UT, May 1-5, 2005. Biotechnology Poster 1.
Moreau, R.A., Johnston, D., Dickey, L.C., Hicks, K.B. The influence of moisture content and cooking on the screw pressing of corn oil from corn germ. Meeting Abstract. 96th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. Salt Lake City, UT, May 1-5, 2005, Processing Poster 1.
Moreau, R.A. Extraction and analysis of food lipids. Book Chapter. S. Otles (ed), in Methods of Analysis of Food Components and Additives, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, pp.97-110 2005.
Moreau, R.A. The evaporative light-scattering detector as a tool for the analysis of lipids by hplc. Book Chapter. J-T Lin and T.A. McKeon (eds), in HPLC of Acyl Lipids, H.N.B. Publishing, New York, pp.93-116, 2005.
Moreau, R.A. Phytosterols and phytosterol esters. Book Chapter. 2005. C. Akoh and O-M. Lai (eds.), in Healthful Lipids, AOCS Press, Champaign, pp.335-360.
Nunez, A., Moreau, R.A., Foglia, T.A. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for the analysis of biosurfant glycolipids secreted by microorganisms. Book Chapter. W. C. Byrdwell (ed) in Modern Methods for Lipids Analysis by Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Related Techniques, pp.447-471, 2005.
Parris, N., Fett, W.F., Dickey, L.C., Moreau, R.A. Bioactive peptides from corn germ proteins. Meeting Abstract. 96th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo. Salt Lake City, UT, May 1-5, 2005. Session PCP 1.1 Protein and Coproducts: Bioactive Peptides, Oral Paper 9.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2004. The in vitro rates of hydrolysis of phytosterol conjugates and other plant lipids by mammalian digestive enzymes, compared to saponification. Lipids, v.39, No. 8. p.769-776.
Mellon, J.E., Moreau, R.A. 2004. Inhibition of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus by diferuloylputrescine and p-coumaroylferuloylputrescine. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 52(21):6660-6663.
Hicks, K.B., Taylor, F., Kohout, K.M., Kurantz, M.J., Thomas, J.L., O Brien, D.J., Johnston, D., Flores, R.A., Moreau, R.A., Hoot, L. Developing barley as a major feedstock for fuel ethanol production. Meeting Abstract 2004. International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Trade Show. Madison, WI., June 22-25. Session 7: Feedstocks for Ethanol Production (1).
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B. 2004. The composition of corn oil obtained by the ethanol extraction of ground corn. Proceedings, Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, June 7-9, 2004. Indianapolis, IN, Poster 1.
Parris, N., Douds, D.D., Dickey, L.C., Moreau, R.A., Phillips, J.G. 2004. Effect of hydrophilic zein films on the growth of tomato plants and evaporative water loss. Meeting Abstract.95th American Oil Chemists' Society Annual Meeting and Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9-12, 2004. Book of Abstracts. p.123.
Parris, N., Douds, D.D., Dickey, L.C., Moreau, R.A., Phillips, J.G. 2004. Effect of hydrophilic zein films on the growth of tomato plants and evaporative water loss. Hort Science.39(6).p.1324-1326.
Moreau, R.A., Lampi, A., Hicks, K.B. High phytosterol oils from corn fiber and barley. Meeting Abstract. 95th AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo., Cincinnati, OH, May 9-12, 2004, Session PRO 4 Processing of Specialty Oils, Oral Paper 2.
Dien, B.S., Nagle, N., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Nichols, N.N., Johnston, D., Cotta, M.A., Hicks, K.B., Nguyen, Q., Bothast, R.J. 2004. Fermentation of "quick fiber" produced from a modified corn milling process into ethanol and recovery of corn fiber oil. Journal of Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 115:937-950.
Modern mass spectrometry - Four types of user-friendly instruments and their applications for lipid chemistry and biochemistry.Inform 14(9)p.536-539.2003
Moreau, R. A., Powell, M. J. and Hicks, K.B., 2003. Evaluation of a commercial enzyme-based serum cholesterol test kit for the analysis of phytosterol and phytostanol products. Journal of Agriculture Food Chemistry 51:6663-6667.
Moreau, R.A., Powell, M.J., Singh, V. Pressurized liquid extraction of polar and nonpolar lipids in corn and oats with hexane, methylene chloride, isopropanol, and ethanol. Journal of American Oil Chemists' Society 80:1063-1067.2003.
Moreau, R.A. Plant sterols in functional foods. 2003. Book Chapter. P. Dutta (ed.), in Phytosterols as functional food components and nutraceuticals. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 317-345.
Moreau, R.A., Hicks, K.B., Johnston, D., Singh, V. 2003. Recovery of nutraceuticals and gums from corn fiber. Proceedings in Third International Starch Technology Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana, p.2-9, 2003.
Proceedings of the Corn Utilization & Technology Conference, June 3-5, 2002 (2002) pp.122-127. Published by the National Corn Growers Assoc. & Corn Refiners Assoc. Inc.
In N. Murata, M. Yamada, I. Nishida. H. Okuyama, J. Sekiya and H. Oto (Eds), Characterization of the molecular species of phytosterol fatty acyl esters in corn (Maize), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003.