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'NE's rice beer has therapeutic value'
Times of India | TNN | Jan 26, 2015, 06.00 AM IST
The humble rice beer, which is brewed in many ethnic households across the northeast, has been found to have many nutritional values including antioxidant properties that may be beneficial in fighting several diseases.
Researchers from the Jorhat-based College of Home Science (CHS)'s department of food and nutrition, Assam Agricultural University (AAU) and the Tamil Nadu-based Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) have found antioxidant activity in rice beer samples in the laboratory.
"The antioxidant activity in the rice beer samples was most likely caused by the presence of phenolic acids, polyphenols and flavonoids from various indigenous herbs used in the preparation of the starter culture cake. These compounds are known to inhibit the oxidative mechanism that are responsible for many disorders and diseases in humans such as infections, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, Alzheimer's diseases, AIDS and so on," their research paper stated.
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