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. 2013 Apr 25;90(8):1101–1109. doi: 10.1007/s11746-013-2252-x

Table 1.

Composition and content of γ-oryzanol in wild and regular brown rice

Component (number on chromatogram) [M–H] Amount (μg/g)
MNL MNGLR MC AA NOW FNM S MGR LGR
Hydroxy-24-methylenecycloartenol ferulate (1) 633.4150 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 1 ± 0 1 ± 0
Isomer of compound 1 (2) 633.4144 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 1 ± 0 1 ± 0
Hydroxycycloartenol ferulate (3) 617.4198 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A 4 ± 1 3 ± 1
Isomer of compound 3 (4) 617.4198 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0
Hydroxydehydrocycloartenol ferulate (5) 615.4043 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A
Isomer of compound 1 (6) 633.4163 3 ± 1 3 ± 1 3 ± 1 3 ± 2 3 ± 1 2 ± 0 4 ± 1 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A
Isomer of compound 3 617.4187 1 ± 0 2 ± 1 1 ± 0 2 ± 1 2 ± 1 1 ± 0 2 ± 0 0 ± 0A 0 ± 0A
Cycloartenol caffeate? (8) 587.4100B 135 ± 9a 63 + 4c 95 + 7b 65 + 6c 68 + 4c 130 + 12a 68 + 5c ND ND
Campesterol caffeate? (9) 561.3943B 47 ± 3a 17 ± 2c 30 ± 2b 14 ± 2c 29 ± 3b 43 ± 2a 27 ± 2b ND ND
24-Methylenecholesterol ferulate (10) 573.3947 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0 1 ± 0
Stigmasterol ferulate (11) 587.4106 47 ± 4a 31 ± 4b 40 ± 3a 34 ± 2b 31 ± 3b 45 ± 3a 32 ± 3b 8 ± 2c 6 ± 1c
Cycloartenol or cycloeucalenol ferulate (12) 601.4262 9 ± 1a 8 ± 1a 8 ± 2a 10 ± 2a 14 ± 2b 10 ± 1a 14 ± 2b ND ND
Cycloartenol ferulate (13) 601.4262 290 ± 22a 179 ± 11b 248 ± 20ac 232 ± 19c 269 ± 21a 286 ± 24a 286 ± 19a 196 ± 15b 171 ± 14b
Isomer of cycloartenol ferulate (14) 601.4263 202 ± 12a 68 ± 5b 56 ± 4c 53 ± 5c 57 ± 3c 192 ± 14a 56 ± 3c 32 ± 3d 28 ± 3d
Isomer of cycloartenol ferulate (15) 601.4262 142 ± 10a 100 ± 7b 17 ± 3c 77 ± 5d 78 ± 6d 154 ± 12a 77 ± 6d ND ND
24-Methylenecycloartenol ferulate (16) 615.4415 96 ± 11a 82 ± 6abc 75 ± 6c 79 ± 7abc 91 ± 7ab 94 ± 8a 92 ± 7a 367 ± 29d 249 ± 18e
Campesterol ferulate (17) 575.4104 123 ± 9ab 88 ± 6c 105 ± 8d 89 ± 8 cd 95 ± 7d 125 ± 10ab 95 ± 8d 130 ± 9a 114 ± 8b
7-Sitosterol ferulate (18) 589.4258 2 ± 1a 1 ± 0a 1 ± 0a 2 ± 1a 1 ± 0a 1 ± 0a 1 ± 0a 47 ± 3b 38 ± 3c
Sitosterol ferulate (19) 589.4259 111 ± 9a 140 ± 11b 112 ± 9a 112 ± 7a 131 ± 8b 107 ± 10a 139 ± 8b 54 ± 4c 43 ± 3d
Cycloartanol ferulate (20) 603.4412 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 54 ± 3a 14 ± 2b
Cycloartenol cinnamate? (21) 555.4410 71 ± 5a 37 ± 2b 50 ± 3c 37 ± 4b 45 ± 4c 77 ± 8a 47 ± 3c ND ND
Campesterol cinnamate? (22) 529.4258 70 ± 3a 45 ± 4b 75 ± 8a 36 ± 4c 37 ± 2c 60 ± 3d 36 ± 3c ND ND
Stigmastanol ferulate (23) 591.4418 1 ± 0a 2 ± 1a 1 ± 1a 2 ± 1a 2 ± 1a 1 ± 0a 2 ± 1a 20 ± 2b 18 ± 2b
Total 1352 ± 100a 867 ± 62b 920 ± 75b 850 ± 76b 956 ± 72b 1331 ± 107a 981 ± 71b 916 ± 69b 688 ± 55c

MNL Minnesota Natural Lake, MNGLR Minnesota Natural Grown Lake & River, MC Minnesota Cultivated Wild Rice, AA Athabasca Alberta, NOW North Western Ontario, FNM Manitoba far North, S Saskatchewan, MGR Medium Grain Rice, LGR Long Grain Rice, ND not detected

AToo small to be reliably quantified. Values with the same superscript within the same row are not significantly different

Bnot observed