Freshly milled bran samples of five medium grain
Rice varieties; Super kernel (RB-kr), Super-2000 (RBs2),
Super-basmati (RB-bm), Super-386 (RB-86) and
Super-fine (RB-sf) were obtained from Chattha Rice
Mills, Gujranwala, Pakistan. Freshly milled bran samples
were collected directly from the milling system in
polyethylene bags (Samples were collected from the
same agricultural plot and same milling system). These
bags were made air tight and stored at 4 C in a cooler.
All reagents (analytical and HPLC) used were procured
from E. Merck or Sigma–Aldrich unless stated
otherwise