Rice-bran products: phytonutrients with potential applications in preventive and clinical medicine

This paper reviews phytonutrients from rice bran that have shown promising disease-preventing and health-related benefits in experimental research studies. Candidate products studied and under investigation include: inositol and related compounds, inositol hexaphosphate (IP6 or phytate), rice oil, f...

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Published inDrugs under experimental and clinical research Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 17
Main Author Jariwalla, R J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland 2001
Subjects
Animals
Anticholesteremic Agents - therapeutic use
Coumaric Acids - therapeutic use
Dietary Fiber - therapeutic use
Fatty Liver - drug therapy
Free Radical Scavengers - therapeutic use
Heart Diseases - prevention & control
Hyperlipidemias - drug therapy
Inositol - therapeutic use
Kidney Calculi - prevention & control
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Oryza
Phytosterols - therapeutic use
Plant Extracts - therapeutic use
Plant Oils - therapeutic use
Rice Bran Oil
Triterpenes - therapeutic use
Vitamin E - therapeutic use
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Summary:This paper reviews phytonutrients from rice bran that have shown promising disease-preventing and health-related benefits in experimental research studies. Candidate products studied and under investigation include: inositol and related compounds, inositol hexaphosphate (IP6 or phytate), rice oil, ferulic acid, gamma-oryzanol, plant sterols, tocotrienols and RICEO, a new rice-bran-derived product. Diseases in which preventive and/or nutraceutical effects have been detected include: cancer, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, hypercalciuria, kidney stones, and heart disease. In addition, rice-bran products may have potential applications as nutritional ingredients in the context of their utility in functional foods.
ISSN:0378-6501