date:Apr 16, 2013
and of two forms of vitamin E: tocopherols and tocotrienols.
In their studies conducted with five color classes of rice branincluding white, light brown, brown, red and purple/blackresearchers discovered red and purple rice brans had higher phenolic and flavonoid concentrations than the lighter-colored rice brans measured. The researchers also identified one purple rice bran variety that was both high in phenolic compounds as well as vitamin E and oryzanols. Vitamin E concentration differed am