Germinated Brown Rice and Its Role in Human Health

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 451-463

  Wu, Fengfeng ^a   Yang, N ^a   Touré, Alhassane ^a   Jin, Zhengyu ^a   Xu, Xueming ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioactive component; Germination; health benefit; nutritional value

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANTI-HYPERTENSION; BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS; BROWN RICE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY FIBERS; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; FERULIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; GERMINATED BROWN RICE; GERMINATION; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTH FOODS; HEALTH FUNCTIONS; HUMAN HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORYZANOL; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; STAPLE FOOD; WHITE RICE;

AMINO ACIDS; CULTIVATION; DISEASES; HEALTH; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUTRITION;

HEALTH; DISEASES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; COUMARIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FERULIC ACID; GAMMA ORYZANOL; GAMMA-ORYZANOL; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; GERMINATION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; RICE; TASTE;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUMARIC ACIDS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GERMINATION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENYLPROPIONATES; SEEDS; TASTE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 80055007588     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.542259     Document Type: Article

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