Although the stability of rice bran oil (RBo) has been showed on several studies, the factors which make it capable on maintaining its stability under thermal oxidation has not been sure yet. We hypothesized that its fatty acid composition [high composition of oleic acid (oA), lower composition of linoleic acid (LA) and α-linolenic acid (LnA)] and/or its antioxidant agents [γ-oryzanol (OZ)] and vitamin E [tocopherol (Toc), tocotrienol (T3)] might be the biggest factor. To prove the hypothesis, we thermally oxidized RBO under 40 °C for 17 days to mimic the harsh daily storage condition, and compared it with soybean oil (So) and rapeseed oil (Rpo) then monitoring their primary oxidation products [triacylglycerol hydroperoxide (TGOOH)] from easily oxidized fatty acid contained in triacylglycerol (tG) and the amount loss of antioxidant agents. As a result, RBo showed the lowest TGOOH/TG ratio, followed by RPO and SO. The superior stability RPO compared SO might occur due to because of the influence of the fatty acid profile (higher OA and lower LA). For RBO's case, besides its fatty acid profile, the existence of OZ and the synergistic effect of OZ and vitamin E might have a greater contribution in maintaining its stability under thermal oxidation. One of the best things about rice bran oil (RBO), an oil extracted from the bran layer of the rice kernel, would be its stability, which secures the value of RBO and its related products 1-3. Indeed, some studies have shown the higher thermal-oxidation stability of RBO compared to other edible oils 4-7 , nevertheless the mechanism of the stability of RBO is still speculative. Its fatty acid profile and/or its antioxidant agents might be one of the biggest reasons; namely, contents of easily oxidized fatty acids [i.e. poly-unsaturated fatty acid such as linoleic acid (LA) and α-linolenic acid (LnA)], stable fatty acid [i.e. mono-unsaturated fatty acid such as oleic acid (OA)] and/ or antioxidants [tocopherol (Toc), tocotrienol (T3), and γ-oryzanol (OZ)] in RBO have been hypothesized as possible factors that made RBO showed a stability under thermal oxidation 8-13. However, verification of the above hypothesis has been severely hampered, because of the fact that the common methods used to determine the oils' stability [e.g., peroxide value (POV), rancimat method, and spectrophotometry] cannot provide enough information, especially about which and how much fatty acids are actually oxidized 14 and whether the antioxidant agents can affect/improve RBO's stability during the thermal oxidation 13. Overcoming this issue will lead to developing more quality and confident RBO and its related products. In this study, for evaluating the contribution of individual fatty acids of RBO, we explored the use of the twodimensional (2D) profiling method with liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-TOF/ MS) 15 to determine the most suitable target of triacylglycerol (TG) contained in fresh RBO which structurally composed either OA, LA or LnA in one of fatty acid composition ...