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. 2014 Jan 21;2(2):75–104. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.86

Table 5.

Contents of tocopherols and tocotrienols in rice (mg/kg DW).1

Color2 Rice endosperm Rice bran Rice whole grain Rice husk
α-Tocopherol
 Nonpigmented 0.17–5.43 (n = 11) 7.34–107.7 (n = 33) 2.40–49.14 (n = 32) 0.06–2.13 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 1.52 ± 1.01 42.11 ± 25.91 16.61 ± 12.87 0.90 ± 0.98
 Pigmented 0.33–3.78 (n = 7) 9.67–116.6 (n = 21) 4.53–18.99 (n = 8) 0.24–2.57 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 1.61 ± 1.16 43.33 ± 24.53 10.14 ± 4.97 1.09 ± 0.99
β-Tocopherol
 Nonpigmented 0.02–0.42 (n = 4) 1.92–25.00 (n = 12) 0.08–7.60 (n = 8) 0.01–0.41 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 0.18 ± 0.17 9.70 ± 8.48 2.08 ± 2.74 0.18 ± 0.18
 Pigmented 0.15–0.26 (n = 6) 0.83–5.01 (n = 9) 0.34–1.79 (n = 7) 0.03–0.33 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 0.19 ± 0.05 2.42 ± 1.15 0.92 ± 0.45 0.13 ± 0.13
γ-Tocopherol
 Nonpigmented 0.04–4.95 (n = 8) 2.60–58.90 (n = 32) 1.40–27.50 (n = 28) 0.04–0.91 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 1.73 ± 1.65 23.85 ± 17.13 8.23 ± 7.14 0.41 ± 0.38
 Pigmented 0.42–2.04 (n = 6) 9.10–57.18 (n = 18) 1.28–8.91 (n = 8) 0.08–3.49 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 1.43 ± 0.58 27.43 ± 14.29 5.10 ± 2.71 1.17 ± 1.49
δ-Tocopherol
 Nonpigmented 0.02–0.15 (n = 5) 0.26–6.96 (n = 21) 0.03–4.69 (n = 18) 0.02–0.17 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 0.11 ± 0.07 2.06 ± 1.50 1.46 ± 1.39 0.09 ± 0.07
 Pigmented 0.08–0.38 (n = 6) 0.97–4.30 (n = 14) 0.35–2.38 (n = 6) 0.11–0.95 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 0.17 ± 0.11 1.93 ± 0.94 0.91 ± 0.79 0.37 ± 0.31
Total tocopherols
 Nonpigmented 0.21–10.90 (n = 15) 16.11–218.0 (n = 36) 3.00–105.5 (n = 35) 0.18–3.34 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 3.54 ± 2.90 77.72 ± 53.02 28.38 ± 24.14 1.58 ± 1.61
 Pigmented 0.99–6.34 (n = 6) 24.30–190.1 (n = 18) 7.24–34.33 (n = 8) 0.46–8.54 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 3.40 ± 1.90 75.11 ± 40.91 17.07 ± 8.92 2.76 ± 2.92
α-Tocotrienol
 Nonpigmented 0.12–8.45 (n = 7) 8.44–81.97 (n = 24) 0.77–21.38 (n = 25) 0.03–0.17 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 1.31 ± 1.18 36.61 ± 21.05 6.79 ± 6.07 0.10 ± 0.06
 Pigmented 0.62–4.44 (n = 7) 9.12–138.2 (n = 13) 2.03–11.41 (n = 7) 0.11–0.95 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 1.96 ± 1.42 46.58 ± 42.91 6.60 ± 3.34 0.50 ± 0.37
β-Tocotrienol
 Nonpigmented 0.04–0.86 (n = 4) 2.40–26.00 (n = 10) 0.50–3.28 (n = 7) 0.10–0.57 (n = 3)
 Nonpigmented 0.39 ± 0.35 9.87 ± 7.82 1.46 ± 0.92 0.38 ± 0.25
 Pigmented 0.12–0.20 (n = 3) 0.06–0.76 (n = 4) 0.10–0.12 (n = 3) 0.09–0.14 (n = 3)
 Pigmented 0.16 ± 0.04 0.37 ± 0.32 0.11 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.03
γ-Tocotrienol
 Nonpigmented 2.54–17.13 (n = 7) 17.36–212.3 (n = 20) 8.60–44.86 (n = 23) 0.03–1.75 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 8.35 ± 4.79 110.8 ± 52.03 21.94 ± 9.88 0.80 ± 0.73
 Pigmented 3.97–24.82 (n = 7) 75.98–230.6 (n = 13) 17.51–46.95 (n = 7) 0.12–11.59 (n = 7)
 Pigmented 10.50 ± 6.90 115.9 ± 48.79 27.88 ± 10.60 5.15 ± 5.39
δ-Tocotrienol
 Nonpigmented 0.07–1.65 (n = 7) 4.36–25.30 (n = 18) 0.44–4.06 (n = 20) 0.02–0.16 (n = 4)
 Nonpigmented 0.86 ± 0.50 12.18 ± 7.10 1.61 ± 0.94 0.11 ± 0.07
 Pigmented 0.28–1.06 (n = 6) 1.45–16.80 (n = 12) 0.58–4.78 (n = 7) 0.05–0.48 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 0.57 ± 0.34 5.87 ± 5.70 1.46 ± 1.50 0.25 ± 0.18
Total tocotrienols
 Nonpigmented 3.85–24.49 (n = 9) 29.40–360.0 (n = 34) 11.94–76.15 (n = 24) 0.23–2.81 (n = 5)
 Nonpigmented 10.91 ± 6.86 169.4 ± 88.00 31.80 ± 17.81 1.39 ± 1.11
 Pigmented 5.20–31.62 (n = 7) 86.40–388.9 (n = 13) 21.55–63.75 (n = 7) 0.42–13.13 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 13.19 ± 8.70 168.7 ± 97.72 36.05 ± 15.45 6.02 ± 5.97
Vitamin E
 Nonpigmented 4.06–36.83 (n = 9) 47.00–585.6 (n = 33) 14.86–186.1 (n = 25) 0.41–6.02 (n = 5)
 Nonpigmented 14.45 ± 9.72 247.1 ± 141.0 60.18 ± 41.95 2.97 ± 2.72
 Pigmented 6.19–38.00 (n = 8) 113.7–574.3 (n = 13) 29.11–100.40 (n = 9) 0.88–22.00 (n = 6)
 Pigmented 16.59 ± 10.60 243.8 ± 138.6 53.12 ± 24.37 8.78 ± 8.89
1

For each parameter, the first row values describe the minimum and maximum values (A–B) and the total number of studies from which data were extracted (n), whereas the second row values show the mean and SD.

2

Pigmented rice refer to rice with black, purple, and red bran, whereas nonpigmented rice refer to rice with brown bran.