Rice
See also: Oryza (genus)
Rice cultivation recorded at Neolithic site from 8000 years ago
Medicinal Part: the seeds
Constituents
Starch (70%)
Proteins; including prolamines, glutelins, globulins, albumins
Fatty oil (1.0 to 1.8% in the entire fruit, 7-12% in the germ; chief fatty acids linoleic acid (45%)
Polysaccharides, soluble; galactoarabinoxylan
Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides; glucose, fructose, saccharose
Flavonoids; including tricine, tricine-7- O- glucoside, tricinine
Steroids; sterols, including beta-sitosterol, gamma-sitosterol, campesterol
Diterpenes; momilactone A, momilactone B
Trigonelline
Trysin inhibitors
Lectins
Vitamins of the B-group
- Papain-like and legumain-like proteases in rice: genome-wide identification, comprehensive gene feature characterization and expression analysis.
- Phenolic Phytoalexins in Rice: Biological Functions and Biosynthesis.
- Rice contains a chitinase.
Effects
Rice has been shown to be effective for pain relief and sedation of the digestive tract.
Uses
Rice is used during recovery from disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, illnesses of the gastrointestinal tract and diarrhea.
In Chinese Medicine: uses include diabetes, spontaneous perspiration, diarrhea, debility
In Ayurveda: Rice is used for pneumonia, diarrhea and diseases of the colon.
VIDEOS:
The Parts of Rice
Different Forms and Textures
The Different Colors of Rice
About Aborio, Basmati, and Brown Rice
Grain Length and What it Means
About Black, Jasmine, and Parboiled Rice
About Valencia, White, and Wild Rice
Eat ALL the Rice You Want…With Way Fewer Calories! Dr. Mandell
About Red Cargo, Rosematta, Sticky, and Sushi Rice
Brown, Black, Purple and Red Unlike White on Rice
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How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic
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How to Freeze Cooked Rice and Use it Later
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White Rice Has Less Arsenic: Black, Brown, White or Wild?
White vs Brown Rice, Which is Healthier?
2-metre ‘giant rice’ twice as tall as other varieties nearly ready for first harvest in China
Articles/Studies
- Genetic Heritage: Rice Has Many Fathers but Only Two Mothers
- The Shocking Truth About White Rice (And How to Make It Healthy Again)
- How to Get Arsenic Out of Rice
- Selenium-amended biochar mitigates inorganic mercury and methylmercury accumulation in rice
- Selenium decreases methylmercury and increases nutritional elements in rice growing in mercury-contaminated farmland.
- Effect of different cookers on folate retention in white rice and brown rice
- White vs Brown Rice
- Brown rice is superior to white rice at improving physiological markers associated with metabolic syndrome.
- Increased dietary potassium from fruit and vegetables improves flow mediated dilatation within 1 week in healthy men and women.
- Rice Consumption is associated with Better Nutrient Intake and Diet Quality in Children: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2010
- Melatonin alleviates antimony toxicity by regulating the antioxidant response and reducing antimony accumulation in Oryza sativa.