Policosanol Contents and Compositions in Wax-Like Materials Extracted from Selected Cereals of Korean Origin

Authors

Keum Taek Hwang, Chonbuk National University
Ji Eun Kim, Chonbuk National University
Curtis L. Weller, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2005

Comments

Published in Cereal Chemistry 82(3):242-245. Copyright 2005 by the American Association of Ceral Chemists, Inc. Used by permission.

Abstract

Policosanols. long-chained alcohols. have been reported to have beneficial physiological activities. Content and composition of policosanols in wax-like materials extracted from selected cereals of Korean origin were determined. Wax-like materials were extracted using hot hexane. Yields of wax-like materials from unpolished grain sorghum, polished grain sorghum. brown rice. purple rice, wheat, and maize were 223, 37, 33, 61, 10, and 10 mg/100 g of dry kernels, respectively. Policosanol contents, as determined using HPLC, in the wax-like materials from the cereals were 33, 29, 6.0, and 2% (w/w, db), respectively. Major alcohols in the policosanols from grain sorghum were octacosanol and triacontanol. Docosanol was the major alcohol in the policosanols from brown rice. purple rice, wheat. and maize.