这种水稻种植和收获后，对其谷粒进行加工，提炼和提纯这两种蛋白质就可以用于治疗痢疾的口服补液。 在发展中国家，痢疾是仅次于呼吸道疾病的第二大五岁以下儿童流行病杀手。
Once grown and harvested, the rice kernel is processed to extract and purify the proteins for use in oral rehydration solution for treating diarrhea, which is surpassed only by respiratory diseases as the leading infectious killer of children under the age of five in developing countries.