DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2017.v05i10.013

Pages: 766-770

Beta- glucans are dietary fibers with many health benefits that are found in cereals. Extraction of beta- glucan from rice bran was not given much attention because of the lesser amounts of beta-glucan in them. This work explains the extraction, interaction with Congo red and FTIR spectral analysis of beta-glucan isolated from rice bran and comparison of results with that of oat beta-glucan. Rice bran contained 0.03-0.08 % of water-soluble beta- glucan. Both beta-glucans showed comparable FTIR spectra however, rice bran beta-glucan did not show bathochromic shift as shown by oat beta-glucan.