3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Wheat Bran and Sunflower Soapstock
Wheat bran used in this work was analyzed and contained 3.55±0.92 % of lipids.
In relation to physicochemical analysis of sunflower soapstock, it contained water 29.72±0.94 % (w/w), soap (expressed as sodium oleate) 47.50±1.20 % (w/w), neutral oil 18.11±3.21 % (w/w), ash 7.15±0.01 % (w/w) and had pH 8.60.