Food supplements with red yeast rice: More regulations are needed
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Red Yeast Rice
Red yeast rice (RYR), produced by the fermentation of the Monascus purpureus mold, has been used for a long time in Asian cuisine and traditional medicine. It consists of multiple bioactive substances, including monacolins, which potentially can be used as a nutraceutical. Monacolin K, which is chemically identical to lovastatin, has been recognized as responsible for the cholesterolreducing ef...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2047-4873,2047-4881
DOI: 10.1177/2047487317716500