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Table 2 Policosanol contents of the commercial functional rice bran oil products (soft gel capsule) (mg/100 g sample)

From: Comparison of the policosanol contents in commercial health foods and policosanol stability in enriched rice bran oil

Samples

Policosanol (mg/100 g sample)

C22

C24

C26

C28

C30

C32

C34

Total

FT1

(31% rice oil)

1.03 ± 0.02a, F

19.12 ± 0.50b, C

9.09 ± 0.29b, E

39.46 ± 1.57b, A

26.57 ± 0.75b, B

26.16 ± 1.12b, B

15.79 ± 0.33a, D

137.22 ± 4.01b

FT2

(> 50% rice oil)

0.85 ± 0.06b, D

23.26 ± 0.95a, C

14.44 ± 0.57a, E

46.47 ± 1.54a, B

44.22 ± 1.86a, B

70.56 ± 7.44a, A

15.93 ± 0.02a

215.72 ± 2.49a

FT3

(100%rice)

0.26 ± 0.04c, D

14.60 ± 1.30c, A

2.62 ± 0.09c, E

2.12 ± 0.08c, E

7.88 ± 0.01c, C

9.70 ± 0.18c, B

7.13 ± 0.28b, C

44.32 ± 1.96c

FT4

(100% rice)

0.35 ± 0.03c, E

18.52 ± 0.45b, A

2.50 ± 0.30c, D

2.34 ± 0.09c, D

5.92 ± 0.51c, C

6.89 ± 0.06c, B

4.64 ± 0.07c, E

41.16 ± 1.31c

  1. Each value represents the mean ± S.D
  2. FT1-FT4 are the commercial functional products containing rice bran oil
  3. ND indicated amount of detectection lower than LOD
  4. Values with different superscript lowercase letters in a column are significantly different (P < 0.05)
  5. Values with different superscript uppercase letters in a row are significantly different (P < 0.05)
  6. LOD = 1.08 ppm