Tocopherol and tocotrienol contents of different varieties of rice in Malaysia

Shammugasamy B 1 , Ramakrishnan Y , Ghazali HM , Muhammad K

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  • 1 UPM-BERNAS Research Laboratory, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
J Sci Food Agric, 2015 Mar 15;95(4):672-8.
PMID: 24841131 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6742

Abstract

The present study examined the contents of tocopherols and tocotrienols and their distribution in 58 different varieties of whole rice cultivated in Malaysia. The analytical method used was saponification of samples followed by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

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