The seeds also contained 3.9 lg/g of carotenoids consisting of lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene
and b-carotene. c-Oryzanol (279 lg/g) was also present as a mixture of 24-methylenecycloartenol
ferulate, campesterol ferulate, cycloartenol ferulate and b-sitosterol ferulate. No procyanidins were
detected in this variety of black–purple rice