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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reddy Sastry Cherukuri, Folsom, CA (US);
Rukmini Cheruvanky, Folsom, CA (US);
Ike Lynch, Dillon, MT (US);
Daniel L McPeak, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
The RiceX Company, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426417 ; 426430 ; 426492 ; 426493 ; 426494 ; 554 12 ;
Abstract
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.