The Ricex Company

The Rice Company

Centennial Foods, Inc.

Ike E Lynch

Rukmini Cheruvanky

Patricia McPeak

Asaf A Qureshi

Reddy Sastry V Cherukuri

Reddy Sastry Cherukuri

Daniel L McPeak

Kenneth Goering

Linji Wang

A method for reducing mammalian serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B and triglyceride levels, by ingesting a stabilized rice bran derivative selected from the group consisting of an enzyme treated stabilized rice bran, an insolubilized fraction and mixtures thereof, thereby reducing serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B and triglyceride levels in said mammal.

Method for treating hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis

A method for reducing mammalian serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B and triglyceride levels, by ingesting a stabilized rice bran derivative selected from the group consisting of an enzyme treated stabilized rice bran, an insolubilized fraction and mixtures thereof, thereby reducing serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein B and triglyceride levels in the mammal.

Method for treating hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, and

A simple and cost effective enrichment process for enhancing antioxidant content of rice bran oil from crude rice bran oil (CrRBO) is described. The process comprises extracting the CrRBO using alcohol at 25-77.degree. C., obtaining the enriched rice bran oil (ERBO) from alcohol extracts which contain 74 to 300 percent more antioxidants than the starting CrRBO. The anti-oxidant enriched rice bran oil is useful in pharmaceutical, therapeutic, and dietary preparations.

Process for obtaining micronutrient enriched rice bran oil

Cereal grains are ground, slurried in water below the starch gelatinization temperature. Bran, starch granules and protein are removed. .beta.-Glucan is precipitated and dehydrated with alcohol, screened and ground to become a white-colored product with a neutral flavor. The method recovers from 33 to 75 percent of the total natural occurring .beta.-glucan in cereal grains. The .beta.-glucan product is water soluble with purity ranging from 60-90 percent and exhibiting molecular weight of .beta.-glucan ranging from 4.times.10.sup.5 daltons to 2.times.10.sup.6 daltons.

Production of .beta.-glucan and .beta.-glucan product

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Dillon, MT, United States of America

Ike E Lynch