Oryza Ceramide-LC is brownish in color, extracted and refined from rice bran or rice germ. It contains a large amount of glyco-sphingolipid. Rice (Oryza sativa) has been widely grown in southeast Asia, not only as a chief crop but also as an integral part of traditional culture and lifestyle in some Asian countries.

How is rice extracted from ceramide?

The method comprises the following steps: (1) pretreatment: cleaning the rice bran raw material, grinding and sieving; and then performing enzymolysis and filtration to obtain enzymolysis rice bran; (2) microwave countercurrent extraction: adding an organic solvent into the enzymolysis rice bran, and performing ...

What are ceramides made of?

A ceramide is composed of sphingosine and a fatty acid. They are found in high concentrations within the cell membrane of cells. They are one of the component lipids that make up sphingomyelin, one of the major lipids in the lipid bilayer that forms a continuous barrier around cells.