Review Article

Scientific Evidence of Rice By-Products for Cancer Prevention: Chemopreventive Properties of Waste Products from Rice Milling on Carcinogenesis In Vitro and In Vivo

Table 6

Anticancer effect of rice by-products in vitro.

Author(s)YearComponentsFindings

Hudson et al. [62]2000Rice bran phenolic extracts (tricin, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, and methoxycinnamic acid)Reduced the number of viable SW480 cells and inhibited the colony-forming ability.

Luo et al. [103]2005Gamma-oryzanol (cycloartenyl trans-ferulate and 24-methylenecycloartanol trans-ferulate) from rice branModerate cytotoxicity effect against MCF-7 cells.

Kim et al. [100]2007Methanol extract of rice huskHighly cytotoxic against colon cancer cells, with IC50 value of 0.5 μg/mL.

Gollapudi and Ghoneum [104]2008MGN-3/biobran, modified arabinoxylan from rice branTreatment with MGN-3 increased susceptibility of human breast cancer cells to daunorubicin (5.5-fold for MCF-7 and 2.5-fold for HCC70 cells) compared with that of human breast cancer cells treated with daunorubicin alone.

Joung et al. [105]2008Momilactone B, an allelochemical of rice huskSuppressed hypoxia-induced increases of cyclin D1 in human breast cancer cells.

Kannan et al. [106]2008Peptide hydrolysates derived from heat-stabilized defatted rice branSuppressed the proliferation of Caco-2 and HepG2 cancer cells.

Lee et al. [99]2008Momilactone B, an allelochemical of rice husksInhibited the proliferation of human leukemic T-cells (Jurkat).

Punyatong et al. [107]2008PA and C3G in purple glutinous rice branDose-dependent cytotoxic effect on X63, a mouse-plasma cancer cell line of myeloma cells.

Kannan et al. [108]2009Peptide hydrolysates derived from rice branCytotoxicity effect of <5 kDa peptide fraction separated from rice bran protein hydrolysate against HCT-116.

Kong et al. [98]2009Rice bran cycloartenyl ferulateInduced apoptosis in SW480 and SW620 cells through activation of caspase-3 and caspase-8.

Kannan et al. [109]2010Peptides derived from defatted rice branInhibited Caco-2 and HCT-116 cells growth.

Nurul-Husna et al. [110]2010Rice bran phytic acidSuppressed the proliferation of HT-29 cells.

Chen et al. [63]2012Red rice branExhibited strong inhibition on leukemia, cervical, and stomach cancer cells.

Forster et al. [71]2013Rice bran (variety Jasmine 85)Exhibited a strong inhibitory effect against Caco-2 and HT-29 cells.

Takashima et al. [111]2013Water and ethanol extracts of rice branMarkedly inhibited the growth of LS174T cells.

Tan et al. [72]2013WBR and methanol extract of brewers’ riceInhibited the proliferation of HT-29 cell line.

C3G: cyanidin 3-glucoside; Caco-2: colon cancer cells; HCC70: human breast cancer cells; HCT-116: human colon cancer; HepG2: liver cancer; HT-29: human colorectal cancer; IC50: inhibition concentration for 50%; LS174T: human colon cancer; MCF-7: human breast adenocarcinoma; PA: proanthocyanidin; SW480: human colon cancer; SW620: human colon cancer; WBR: water extract of brewers’ rice.