The colored strains of rice(red or black) as sources of anthocyanin were fed to rats to compare their effects on lipid metabolism and antioxidant activity in vivo.For experiment 1,male,Sprague Dawley rats were fed diets containing four different strains of rice; Ilpoombyeo,Jeogjinju,Heughyangmi or Heugjinju,for six weeks.In experiement 2,the rats were fed diets containing four different strains of rice (60%) with two different levels of vitamin E,for four weeks.Body weight gains were not differed by the diets in both experiments or by 0.5% cholesterol supplementation in experiment 1.However,body weight gain,feed intake and feed efficiency were decreased in rats fed the vitamin E deficient diets.