Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
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Coumaric Acids / therapeutic use
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Dietary Fiber / therapeutic use*
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Fatty Liver / drug therapy
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Free Radical Scavengers / therapeutic use
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Heart Diseases / prevention & control
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Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy
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Inositol / therapeutic use
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Kidney Calculi / prevention & control
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Neoplasms / prevention & control
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Oryza*
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Phytosterols / therapeutic use
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Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
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Plant Oils / therapeutic use*
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Rice Bran Oil
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Triterpenes / therapeutic use
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Vitamin E / therapeutic use
Substances
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Anticholesteremic Agents
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Coumaric Acids
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Dietary Fiber
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Free Radical Scavengers
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Phytosterols
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Plant Extracts
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Plant Oils
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Triterpenes
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Vitamin E
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Inositol
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ferulic acid
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Rice Bran Oil