. 2017 Sep 23;54(12):3827–3836. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2811-5

Table 2.

Particle size of whole wheat flour, refined wheat bran, and wheat flour (control) (% retained on the sieves)

Sample	12 mesh (1.400 mm)	20 mesh (0.840 mm)	32 mesh (0.500 mm)	60 mesh (0.250 mm)	80 mesh (0.177 mm)	100 mesh (0.149 mm)	>100 mesh (>0.149 mm)
1	2.21 ± 0.10^d	5.74 ± 0.23^e	4.94 ± 0.13^j	22.61 ± 4.80^fg	33.65 ± 1.80^a	13.94 ± 3.15^b	16.99 ± 2.44^c
2	0.10 ± 0.04^h	0.47 ± 0.07^j	8.29 ± 0.53^h	68.78 ± 0.90^a	18.95 ± 0.40^de	1.48 ± 0.10^g	1.97 ± 0.96^g
3	0.01 ± 0.01^h	1.83 ± 0.06^g	14.90 ± 0.20^f	53.56 ± 4.30^bc	15.28 ± 0.20^f	6.62 ± 0.50^d	8.07 ± 3.89^def
4	26.12 ± 0.61^a	17.38 ± 0.70^c	18.59 ± 0.20^e	22.43 ± 0.30^f	5.42 ± 1.32^g	3.91 ± 0.70^e	6.19 ± 1.09^ef
5	0.77 ± 0.06^ef	2.79 ± 0.14^f	6.34 ± 0.82ⁱ	43.52 ± 9.70^cd	31.34 ± 6.49^abc	6.00 ± 1.60^d	9.30 ± 2.48^de
6	0.07 ± 0.02^h	1.43 ± 0.10^h	13.47 ± 0.70^f	55.10 ± 1.20^b	22.68 ± 1.70^d	3.25 ± 0.10^e	4.08 ± 0.98^f
7	1.89 ± 1.04^de	6.82 ± 0.16^e	8.20 ± 0.33^h	39.30 ± 6.00^d	29.05 ± 3.29^abc	6.24 ± 1.10^d	8.55 ± 1.35^de
8	0.08 ± 0.06^h	0.82 ± 0.09ⁱ	6.58 ± 0.15ⁱ	32.96 ± 1.60^de	16.46 ± 3.45^ef	10.11 ± 1.17^c	33.27 ± 5.79^b
9	0.54 ± 0.10^f	6.24 ± 0.26^e	9.86 ± 0.31^g	54.40 ± 1.30^bc	25.81 ± 0.41^bc	1.67 ± 0.70^fg	1.57 ± 0.49^g
10	15.73 ± 0.40^b	24.33 ± 1.00^b	22.47 ± 0.40^d	23.10 ± 0.90^f	5.27 ± 0.64^g	2.53 ± 0.50^ef	6.64 ± 1.38^ef
11	0.06 ± 0.02^h	2.85 ± 0.10^f	27.89 ± 1.10^c	41.44 ± 2.00^d	14.76 ± 0.26^f	3.20 ± 0.40^e	9.83 ± 0.84^d
FWB	0.13 ± 0.03^h	12.60 ± 0.80^d	53.52 ± 0.25^a	31.22 ± 0.50^e	1.07 ± 0.02^h	0.50 ± 0.07^h	0.66 ± 0.03^h
CWB	11.30 ± 0.82^c	28.86 ± 0.64^a	36.92 ± 1.06^b	21.19 ± 0.40^g	0.76 ± 0.03ⁱ	0.31 ± 0.07^h	0.38 ± 0.20ⁱ
WF (C)	0.26 ± 0.07^g	0.12 ± 0.03^k	0.29 ± 0.15^k	12.54 ± 2.96^h	15.15 ± 3.07^ef	18.56 ± 1.92^a	52.79 ± 7.78^a

Mean ± standard deviation; Different lower case letters in the same column indicate significant differences between the samples (p ≤ 0.05); FWB fine wheat bran, CWB coarse wheat bran, WF refined wheat flour (control)