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, 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.
California Institute for Medical Research, San Jose, CA, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000188:drug therapy; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy; D007294:Inositol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D012275:Oryza; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000073879:Rice Bran Oil; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D003373:Coumaric Acids; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010840:Phytosterols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D014315:Triterpenes; D014810:Vitamin E; D007294:Inositol; C004999:ferulic acid; D000073879:Rice Bran Oil