Two different strains of Rhizopus sp. i.e. R. oligosporus -M30 and R. arrhizus -M26 were employed for the production of acid protease using different agro-residues such as rice husk, rice bran, wheat bran, defatted soybean meal and sunflower meal as a sole carbon source. R. oligosporus -M30 gave maximum enzyme level with soybean meal (15.6 U/gds) while R. arrhizus -M26 with sunflower meal (13.6...

Vet Med Today: Timely Topics in Nutrition 593 R (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. It is a dietary staple that provides the bulk of daily calories for many companion animals and humans. The bran fraction of rice is a nutrient-rich by-product that has been primarily used as a low-cost feed for livestock and a fiber source in pet food. This review highlights ar...

The rice bran or outer layer of the rice grain contains a number of micronutrients and valuable phytochemicals. Several studies have shown that pigmented rice bran contains higher amounts of beneficial phytochemicals such as phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, tocopherols, tocotrienols, γ-oryzanol, phytic acid, free fatty acids and methyl ester derivatives (Leardkamolka...

Rice Bran Oil is a unique vegetable oil produced from the outer brown layer of rice which is removed in the form of rice bran during the polishing process of the rice milling industry. Besides having an almost ideally balanced fatty acid profile, it is rich in natural antioxidants. A number of scientific studies conducted in India & abroad have well documented the better cholesterol lowering pr...

In this study, rice brans from different cultivars (Calrose, Jasmine, and Red Wells) were assessed for their ability to inhibit Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium using an in vitro mixed anaerobic culture system containing cecal microbiota obtained from broilers of different ages. Salmonella Typhimurium was added to controls (feed only, cecal only, and feed + cecal material) and treatments...

Cereal Chem. 80(6):689–692 Hydrolytic rancidity restricts the utilization of rice bran, reducing its potential value. In the present study, three groups of eight rice cultivars each displaying different levels of oil concentration (high, medium, and low) were cultivated in 1999 and 2000 under field conditions and evaluated for oil content, hydrolytic rancidity, and esterase activity in the bran...

Aspergillus strains obtained from IMTECH Chandigarh and from Department of Biotechnology, CDLU, Sirsa were screened for their ability to produce amylase by starch agar plate method. Among the five strains, A. niger MTCC-104 showed highest clearing zone on starch agar plates as well as amylase activity in solid state fermentation. Different substrates like wheat bran, rice bran, soybean meal and...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of nutritional recovery with rice bran on energy balance, leptin and insulin levels. METHODS Weaned Wistar rats were fed on a 17% (Control - C) or 0.5% (Aproteic - A) protein diet for 12d. After this, rats were kept on a C diet (C) or recovered with control (Recovered Control - RC) or control plus recovered rice bran diet (Recovered Rice Bran - RRB). RESU...

virulence of blastospores and conidia of the fungus metarhizium anisopliae were investigatedon different instar nymphs and adults of sunn pest, eurygater integriceps. experiments werecarried out through a factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design of threereplications. the bioassays were performed through immersion method. results revealedsignificant differences among virulence of ...

the present study was conducted to determine the effects of rice bran and dietary multi-enzyme (natuzyme) on performance, egg quality, and blood biochemical parameters of 288 laying hens during 12 week. this experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement of 4×2, with four different levels of rice bran (0, 5, 10 and 15%) and two levels of multi enzyme (0 an...