Nutritional enhancement of whole grain bario rice by phytic acid degradation during germination

• Main Author: Lee, Huei Hong
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Rice - Sarawak - Malaysia; Phytic acid
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78351/1/FSPM%202015%201%20-%20ir.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78351/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Whole grain rice is suggested to be a better solution against the polished form with more vitamins, minerals and fiber than its processed equivalent. Abundance of phytic acid in whole grain rice demotes the nutritional values of whole grain rice in general, although its beneficial properties were...