Effect of pre-germination time of brown rice on serum cholesterol levels of hypercholesterolaemic rats.

• Main Authors: Roohinejad, Shahin, Omidizadeh, Alireza, Mirhosseini, Hamed, Saari, Nazamid, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Mohd Yusof, Rokiah, Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Abdul Hamid, Azizah, Abd. Manap, Mohd. Yazid
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24036/1/Effect%20of%20pre-germination%20time%20of%20brown%20rice%20on%20serum%20cholesterol%20levels%20of%20hypercholesterolaemic%20rats..pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24036/; http://www.wiley.com/

Background: Brown rice is unpolished rice with immeasurable benefits for human health. Brown rice (BR) and pre-germinated brown rice (PGBR) are known to contain various functional compounds such as gamma-oryzanol, dietary fibre and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). In the present study, the experiment...