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  2. Rice bran oil - Wikipedia

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    3-5. Rice bran oil is the oil extracted from the hard outer brown layer of rice called bran. It is known for its high smoke point of 232 °C (450 °F) and mild flavor, making it suitable for high-temperature cooking methods such as stir frying and deep frying. It is popular as a cooking oil in East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast ...

  3. Yushō disease - Wikipedia

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    Yushō disease. The PCB that was used as the heating medium leaked from the pipes and mixed into the rice bran oil. Yushō disease (油症, lit. "oil symptoms") was a mass poisoning by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which occurred in northern Kyūshū, Japan, in 1968. [1] [2] [3] In January 1968, rice bran oil produced by Kanemi Company in ...

  4. γ-Oryzanol - Wikipedia

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    γ-Oryzanol is a mixture of lipids derived from rice (Oryza sativa). γ-Oryzanol occurs mainly in the fat fraction of rice bran and rice bran oil.. Originally thought to be a single chemical compound, it is now known to be a mixture of ferulic acid esters of phytosterols and triterpenoids, particularly cycloartenyl ferulate, 24-methylenecycloartanyl ferulate, and campesteryl ferulate, which ...

  5. Tocotrienol - Wikipedia

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    The current commercial sources of tocotrienol are rice and palm. Other natural tocotrienol sources include rice bran oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, barley, and wheat germ. Tocotrienols are safe and human studies show no adverse effects with consumption of 240 mg/day for 48 months.

  6. Bran - Wikipedia

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    Bran, also known as miller's bran, is the hard layers of cereal grain surrounding the endosperm. It consists of the combined aleurone and pericarp. Corn (maize) bran also includes the pedicel (tip cap). [1] Along with the germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, and is often produced as a byproduct of milling in the production of refined ...

  7. Polychlorinated biphenyl - Wikipedia

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    In Japan in 1968, 280 kg of PCB-contaminated rice bran oil was used as chicken feed, resulting in a mass poisoning, known as Yushō disease, in over 1800 people. Common symptoms included dermal and ocular lesions, irregular menstrual cycles and lowered immune responses.

  8. Rice bran solubles - Wikipedia

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    Rice bran solubles are a nutritional product derived from the bran shavings produced as brown rice is converted into white rice. The shavings are usually discarded or used for animal feed. [1] In Japan, they are used in some traditional pickling recipes. [2] To produce rice bran solubles, the bran shavings are heat treated to prolong shelf-life ...

  9. Vegetable oil - Wikipedia

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    Olive oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil are examples of fats from other parts of plants. In common usage, vegetable oil may refer exclusively to vegetable fats which are liquid at room temperature. Vegetable oils are usually edible. The health effects of vegetable oil consumption have been the subject of numerous studies.

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