Abstract
The lipids in rice bran lipoprotein were separated and their qualitative and quantita-tive analyses were carried out by column, thin-layer, gas-liquid, and paper chromato-graphic methods. More than twenty lipid components were detected, of which triglycerides and glycolipids were found to be the major components. Considerable amounts of free fatty acids were also found. The glycolipids were composed of mono- and digalactosyl glycerides, sterol glycosides and their esters, probably phytocerebrosides, and other un-known glycolipids. Phospholipids were present as the minor components of rice bran lipoprotein. The presence of oryzanols in the lipoprotein was observed.
