Bran generally refers to the broken cortex of wheat seeds, rye seeds or other grains, which is separated from grains and is specially used for livestock feeding.
Extended data:
Rice bran (the current national standard rice bran) is mainly composed of pericarp, seed coat, endosperm, aleurone layer and germ, so a small amount of rice husk and a certain amount of dust and microorganisms will be mixed in the processing, so it can only be used as feed and is the main by-product of rice processing.
Up to now, it has been found that rice bran contains many cholesterol-lowering compounds, but the existing data can not clarify the cholesterol-lowering ability of each compound.
199 1 year. Rukmini and Raghuram reported the nutritional and biochemical effects of rice bran oil on reducing blood lipid. The conclusion is that the main components in rice bran oil, such as monounsaturated fatty acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and a small amount of unsaponifiable matter, can reduce cholesterol.
References:
Rice bran? Baidu baike