Pigment rice or colored rice is distinguished by the rice grain having red brown or dark purple
color in its covering layers.
Pigment,which are located in the aleurone layer of rice grain,have been reported as a mixture of anthocyanin compounds, which belong to the family of flavonoids.
The phenolic compounds have been found as a major action component for antioxdation.
For Pigmented rice, the main substance of phenolic compounds has been reported as anthocyanin.
Anthocyanin in Pigmented rice have been identified.