Table 1.

Antioxidant micronutrients in whole-grain cereals

Cereal type	Tocopherol and tocotrienol (mg/100 g grain)	Folate (μg/100 g grain)	Zinc (mg/100 g grain)	Iron (mg/100 g grain)	Copper (μg/100 g grain)	Selenium (μg/100 g grain)
Wheat	1.4	87	2.6	3.2	369	0.5–74.6
Maize	6.6	110–170	1.7	1.5	240	12.0
Rice	1.9	16	1.6	3.2	288	10.0
Oats	1.8	33	3.2	5.8	422	7.1
Barley	2.2	65	2.8–7.4	2.8–12.8	419–570	7.0
Sorghum	1.1	–a	0.3–1.8	1.1–5.7	20–735	13.0
Millet	4.0	–	2.9–6.6	6.9–20	340–610	2.0
Cereal type	Polyphenols (mg gallic acid eq/100 g grain)	Ferulic acid (mg/100 g grain)	Betaine (mg/100 g grain)	Phytic acid (mg/100 g grain)	Carotenoids (μg/100 g grain)	Alkylresorcinols (mg/100 g grain)
Wheat	70–1459	10–198	6.9	906	20–265	28–142
Maize	39–711	177	–	940	969–1300	–
Rice	54–313	30	0.5	890	14–77	0
Oats	9–34	7–30	2.7	900	31	–
Barley	50–196	36–62	–	1070	15–105	4–44
Sorghum	100–2300	9	–	–	20–22	0
Millet	29–47	29	–	–	74–80	9–87

^a Data not available. (Fardet et al. 2008)