Rice By-products: Phytochemicals and Food Products Application

Rice is a vitally important staple food for almost half of the world’s population. As the global population increases, the demands for rice are expected to remain high. Since the rice industry will remain sustainable for a long time, the production of ric

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ce By-products: Phytochemicals and Food Products Application

Rice By-products: Phytochemicals and Food Products Application

Bee Ling Tan • Mohd Esa Norhaizan

Rice By-products: Phytochemicals and Food Products Application

Bee Ling Tan Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Esa Norhaizan Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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Preface

The prevalence of obesity has doubled from 1975 to 2016 worldwide. Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese, which increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cancer, inflammatory disturbances, and cardiovascular disease. Despite numerous efforts and major advancements made to control these metabolic disorders, significant deficiencies and gap for improvements remain. The plant is of particular interest because plant-derived components modulate oxidative stress and hence alter gene and protein expression. Rice is one of the vitally important staple foods for almost half of the population in the world. The demand for rice is expected to remain strong over the next few decades due to the rapid growth of the population. Hence, the rice industry will remain sustainable for a long time, and the production of rice by-products including rice husk, rice straw, broken rice, rice germ, rice bran, and brewers’ rice will remain high. Empirical evidence suggests that