Tocotrienol Content in Hen Eggs: Its Fortification by Supplementing the Feed with Rice Bran Scum Oil

Phumon SOOKWONG; Kiyotaka NAKAGAWA; Shin-ichi NAKAJIMA; Yoshikazu AMANO; Masaaki TOYOMIZU; Teruo MIYAZAWA

doi:10.1271/bbb.80432

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Tocotrienol Content in Hen Eggs: Its Fortification by Supplementing the Feed with Rice Bran Scum Oil

Phumon SOOKWONG, Kiyotaka NAKAGAWA, Shin-ichi NAKAJIMA, Yoshikazu AMANO, Masaaki TOYOMIZU, Teruo MIYAZAWA

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Keywords: tocotrienol, egg, fortification

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Article ID: 80432

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.80432

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 72 (2008) , No. 11 p.3044

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Tocotrienol (T3) is an unsaturated vitamin E having health benefits (e.g., anti-angiogenesis). We measured T3 in commercial eggs, and developed T3-fortified eggs by adding rice bran scum oil (RBO, containing 1.3% T3) to the feed. Commercial eggs contained about 0.11 mg of T3/egg, while the T3 content was improved to 0.62 mg/egg after RBO supplementation to the feed of hens for 7 d.

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