PURPOSE: To prepare a uniform solution or a solid substance, by dissolving a ferulic acid ester of 24 methylenecycloartanol useful as an antioxidant for products of fats and oils in a fatty acid ester, etc. under heating, adding an edible oil, margarine, etc. to the solution.
CONSTITUTION: Ferulic acid ester of 24 methylenecycloartanol, one component of oryzanol, is dissolved under heating in fat or oil (completely saponified glyceride), completely saponified polyhydric alcohol ester such as difatty acid ester of ethylene glycol, partially saponified polyhydric alcohol ester such as monoglyceride, diglyceride, etc., fatty acid ester such as monohydric lower alcohol ester, etc., hydrocarbon oil such as paraffin, squalene, etc., to give a uniform transparent solution or a uniform white solid substance.
USUKI NOBUYOSHI