Table 1.

Selected nutrient components of corn stored for different years (air dry basis).¹

Item	Corn storage time, yr
	2	3	4	5
Moisture, %	11.42	11.50	11.10	12.40
Test weight, g/L	719.0	718.5	718.5	687.5
CP, %	6.97	7.58	7.12	7.15
Amino acid, %
Asp	0.46	0.48	0.47	0.43
Thr	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.25
Ser	0.33	0.36	0.36	0.33
Glu	1.47	1.54	1.51	1.44
Pro	0.58	0.63	0.62	0.60
Gly	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.26
Ala	0.52	0.54	0.52	0.51
Cys	0.19	0.19	0.20	0.18
Val	0.43	0.42	0.42	0.40
Met	0.18	0.11	0.14	0.15
Ile	0.23	0.24	0.24	0.23
Leu	0.84	0.88	0.85	0.84
Tyr	0.16	0.18	0.15	0.15
Phe	0.28	0.35	0.27	0.33
Lys	0.22	0.37	0.23	0.34
His	0.23	0.31	0.24	0.27
Arg	0.27	0.28	0.27	0.25
Fatty acid, mg/g
C16:0	3.09	3.28	3.01	2.81
C16:1	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
C18:0	0.34	0.38	0.33	0.30
C18:1	6.11	6.74	5.86	5.19
C18:2	11.38	12.27	10.55	9.69
C18:3	0.28	0.31	0.26	0.22
C20:1	0.07	0.04	0.07	0.07
Catalase activity, mg H2O2/g	151.1	151.6	183.8	6.8
Peroxidase activity, U/g per min	381.9	595.2	416.3	159.3
Acidity of fatty acids, KOH mg/100 g dry matter	56.2	48.8	54.5	108.1

¹Analysis based on a duplicate.