Rice husk, brown rice and commercial rice bran obtained from
IR-64 variety paddy were procured from M/s Sri Ranganatha Rice
Mills, Mysore. Three samples of commercial rice bran and three
different types of commercial rice bran i.e., steamed rice bran;
fibrous rice bran and defatted rice bran were obtained from M/s
Habib Agro Industries, Mandya, India. All three samples of commercial
rice bran as well as steamed, fibrous and defatted rice bran
from M/s Habib Agro Industries belonged to mixed local varieties of
paddy like IR-64, Sona-Masoori and others. Standard a-tocopherol
and cholesterol were procured from Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis,
USA. All other chemicals and reagents used were of analytical
grade.