Effect of hypocholesterolemic properties of brown rice varieties containing different gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels on Sprague-Dawley male rats.

• Main Authors: Roohinejad, Shahin, Omidizadeh, Alireza, Mirhosseini, Hamed, Rasti, Babak, Saari, Nazamid, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Mohd Yusof , Rokiah, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Hamid, Azizah, Abd Manap, Mohd Yazid
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: WFL Publisher 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14258/1/Effect%20of%20hypocholesterolemic%20properties%20of%20brown%20rice%20varieties%20containing%20different%20gamma%20aminobutyric%20acid.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14258/; http://world-food.net
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Brown rice (BR) or unmilled rice is the whole grain of rice, from which the germ and outer layers containing the bran have not been removed. Brown rice seeds are rich in more nutritional components, such as dietary fibers, vitamins B and E, gamma (γ)-oryzanol and γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) than the...