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COMPARISON BETWEEN TOCOMINĀ® & RICE TOCOTRIENOL
 

 
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SOURCES OF TOCOTRIENOLS

 Edible oil originating from plants are rich source for tocotrienols. Crude palm oil extracted from the fruits of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) particularly contains a high amount of tocotrienols (up to 800 mg/kg), mainly consisting of gamma-tocotrienol and alpha-tocotrienol. It also contain the most potent form of all commercially available tocotrienols - delta-tocotrienol. 

Tocotrienols are also found  in oil derived from rice bran, barley, wheat germ and rye.

Common  sources of  tocotrienols are:

Palm Rice Wheat


Barley Rye Oat



  Tocopherols (T1)
milligrams per 1000 grams* / ppm
Tocotrienols (T3)
milligrams per 1000 grams* / ppm
T3 T1 & T3
Sources alpha beta gamma delta alpha beta gamma delta Total Total
Palm Oil1 256 - 316 70 143 32 286 69 530 1172
Palm Oil2 279 - 61 - 274 - 398 69 741 1081
Palm Oil 152 - - - 205 - 439 94 738 890
Rice bran 324 18 53 - 236 - 349 - 585 980
Wheat Germ 1179 398 493 118 24 165 - - 189 2377
Barley 350 50 50 - 670 120 120 - 910 1360
Oat 180 20 50 50 180 - 30 - 210 510
Coconut Oil 5 - - 6 5 1 19 - 25 36
Palm kernel Oil 13 - - - 21 - - - 21 34
Soya bean Oil 101 - 593 264 - - - - - 958
Safflower Oil 387 - 387 - - - - - - 774
Peanut Oil 130 - 216 21 - - - - - 367
Cocoa Butter 11 - 170 17 2 - - - 2 200
Olive Oil 51 - - - - - - - - 51
1 HT Slover, Lipid 6;291 (1971)
2 KJ Whitte, et al. Analyst 92;423 (1967)


Tocotrienols From Normal Diet Alone
Since tocotrienols only occur at very low levels in nature, with the highest concentration found in palm oil, so it is virtually impossible to attain the amount of tocotrienols that show beneficial effects from the normal diet alone. For example, one would need to consume a cup of palm olein (cooking oil) a day to get the level required for effectiveness as described in most studies.


Sources Amount Taken To Achieve the Required Levels of Tocotrienols
RBD Palm Olein (Cooking Oil) 1 tea cup (~ 80 g)
Rice Bran Oil 2 tea cup (~ 160 g)
Barley 3.0 kg
Wheatgerm 1.5 kg
Oats 4.0 kg





   
 
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