Phytonutrients with particular health benefits

Phytochemicals have little nutritional value and do not get absorbed in the body, but they seem to turn on certain switches in the biochemical mechanisms, which signal the beneficial pathways to maintain health, and to turn off the switches which proceed to adverse biochemical pathways. Rice bran products have demonstrated significant benefits as nutritional therapies in diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cancer, fatty liver, hypercalcuria and heart disease. There is experimental and clinical evidence for the beneficial health effects of the following bioactives of rice bran  

Inhibition of HMGCoA reductase and hypolipidemic effect (Qureshi and Qureshi 1992 Tomeo and Geller 1995 Parker et ah, 1993). 

Inhibition of phospholipase A2, thromboxane B4 and enhancement of prostacyclin production (Raederstorff et al., 2002 Qureshi and Qureshi, 1992). 

Inhibition of platelet aggregation (Rong et al., 1997). Inhibition of aortic streaks (Seetharamaiah and Chandrasekhara 1990 Rong et al., 1997). Hypolipidemic effect (Yoshino et al., 199,9, Seetharamiah and Chandrasekhara, 1990 Nicolosi eta/.,1993 Rukmini and Raghuram, 1991). 

Hypolipidemic effect (Story J A and Kritchevsky, 1976 Anderson et al., 1990 Normand et al., 1987 Gerhardt and Gallo., 1998). 

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