Tocotrienol content in hen eggs: its fortification by supplementing the feed with rice bran scum oil.
Tocotrienol (T3) is an unsaturated vitamin E having health benefits (e.g., anti-angiogenesis). We measured T3 in commercial eggs, and developed T3-fortified eggs by adding rice bran scum oil (RBO, containing 1.3% T3) to the feed. Commercial eggs contained about 0.11 mg of T3/egg, while the T3 content was improved to 0.62 mg/egg after RBO supplementation to the feed of hens for 7 d.
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Phumon
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Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Nakagawa
Kiyotaka
K
Nakajima
Shin-Ichi
S
Amano
Yoshikazu
Y
Toyomizu
Masaaki
M
Miyazawa
Teruo
T
D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004531:Eggs / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D005527:Food, Fortified; D010938:Plant Oils; D000073879:Rice Bran Oil; D024508:Tocotrienols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
D010938:Plant Oils; D024508:Tocotrienols; D000073879:Rice Bran Oil