Rice bran is one of the most important rice by-products and represents about 10% of rice production. This rice fraction contains large amounts of bioactive compounds; because of that, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of parboiling on the concentration of lipophilic bioactive compounds (fatty acids, tocols, γ-oryzanol and, free + esterified and bound sterols and triterpenic alcohols) and free and cell wall-bound phenolic compounds. Parboiling treatment caused changes in fatty acid composition and increased the total tocols and γ-oryzanol content. GC-qTOF-MS analysis of phytosterol and triterpenic alcohols allowed the determination of 14 compounds that were quantified in free and bound form; free phytosterol and triterpenic alcohol compounds represented 10 and 43% of the total fraction in raw and parboiled rice bran, respectively. The analysis of free and bound phenolic compounds was carried out by HPLC-DAD-TOF-MS. The TOF analyzer permitted the determination of 24 free and 27 bound phenolic compounds and, to our knowledge, some of them have been quantified for the first time in rice.
Determination of lipophilic and hydrophilic bioactive compounds in raw and parboiled rice bran
MARCONI, Emanuele;
2016-01-01
Abstract
Rice bran is one of the most important rice by-products and represents about 10% of rice production. This rice fraction contains large amounts of bioactive compounds; because of that, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of parboiling on the concentration of lipophilic bioactive compounds (fatty acids, tocols, γ-oryzanol and, free + esterified and bound sterols and triterpenic alcohols) and free and cell wall-bound phenolic compounds. Parboiling treatment caused changes in fatty acid composition and increased the total tocols and γ-oryzanol content. GC-qTOF-MS analysis of phytosterol and triterpenic alcohols allowed the determination of 14 compounds that were quantified in free and bound form; free phytosterol and triterpenic alcohol compounds represented 10 and 43% of the total fraction in raw and parboiled rice bran, respectively. The analysis of free and bound phenolic compounds was carried out by HPLC-DAD-TOF-MS. The TOF analyzer permitted the determination of 24 free and 27 bound phenolic compounds and, to our knowledge, some of them have been quantified for the first time in rice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
