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Red Yeast Rice Extract

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Red Yeast Rice Extract

Red Yeast Rice Extract 

Red Yeast Rice Extract 

Product Name:  Red Yeast Rice Extract 

Latin name: Monascus Purpureus  

Spec.: lovastatin /monacolin K   0.3%,0.4%,0.5%,1%,3%,5%

Color: dark red fine powder 

Test methold: HPLC 


Product description:

Red yeast rice was first made in China, has 1000 years of production, application history. It is unique in China and neighboring countries, the traditional rice fermentation product. With rice, rice, glutinous rice, rice as a raw material, Monascus fermentation. It is also the traditional use of natural pigments.

Red yeast rice, or monascus purpureus, is yeast grown on rice. It has been used as a dietary staple in many Asian countries and it is currently used as a nutritional supplement taken to manage cholesterollevels. Used in China for over a thousand years, red yeast rice has now found its way to American consumers looking for alternatives to statin therapy.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, red yeast rice was used to improve blood circulation and to aid in digestion. It has now been found to lower blood lipids, including cholesterol and triglycerides. Recorded use of red yeast rice goes back as far as the Chinese Tang Dynasty in 800 A.D.

Red yeast rice health benefits are found in its compounds known as monacolins, known to inhibit cholesterol synthesis. One of these compounds, monocolin K, is known to inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme that triggers cholesterol production.

Because of these naturally occurring statins, red yeast rice is sold as an over the counter cholesterol control supplement. Human studies, which began in the 1970’s, have confirmed the benefits of red yeast rice in lowering cholesterol.

A study at the UCLA School of Medicine of 83 people with high cholesterol showed a significant reduction in their total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride levels after twelve weeks. Study participants were given 2.4 grams of red yeast rice daily and ate a diet with no more than 30% fat intake.



Product benefits:

1.Red yeast rice used for lowering blood pressure and total cholesterol;

2.Red yeast rice used for improving blood circulation and benefiting stomach;

3.Red yeast rice used for reducing the occurring of Alzheimer's disease.



Product application:

1.Red yeast Rice used as raw materials of drugs for lowering blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease, it is mainly used in pharmaceutical field;

2.Red yeast Rice used as active ingredient of products for improving blood circulation and benefiting stomach, it is mainly used in health product industry;

3.Red yeast Rice used as food supplements and natural pigment, it is widely used in food industry.