Red Yeast Rice Extract

Raw Materials: Grain rice, round-grained rice, glutinous rice and other rice varieties

Fermentation Fungus: Monascus purpureus Went. (fungi of the Aspergillus family)

Product Attribute: Traditional medicine-food homologous raw material

Core Active Components: Monacolin-like compounds, ergosterol, bioflavonoids, saponins, dietary fiber, aminopolysaccharides

Introduction Of Red Yeast Rice Extract

Red yeast rice is a traditional fermented product, made by using grain rice, round-grained rice, glutinous rice and other rice as raw materials. The raw rice is usually harvested and sun-dried in fine or rainy days after summer rains, then inoculated with the mycelium of Monascus purpureus Went.—a fungus of the Aspergillus family, and undergoes parasitic fermentation to form the characteristic red yeast rice.

As a classic medicine-food homologous Chinese medicine, red yeast rice is not only a natural food ingredient but also a source of diverse physiologically active substances. In addition to the key active component monacolin-like compounds, it also contains ergosterol, bioflavonoids, saponins, dietary fiber, aminopolysaccharides and other beneficial ingredients. These components endow red yeast rice with a wide range of pharmacological effects, including lowering blood lipids, lowering blood glucose, lowering blood pressure, bacteriostasis, anti-tumor, and enhancing immunity.

Red Yeast Rice Extract is a concentrated product refined from high-quality fermented red yeast rice, which retains the core active ingredients and exerts the health benefits of red yeast rice more efficiently.

Core Functions Of Red Yeast Rice Extract

Regulate Blood Lipids (Core Efficacy)

The monacolin compounds in red yeast rice extract have a structure highly similar to human HMG-CoA reductase—the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. Monacolin compounds can competitively inhibit the activity of this enzyme, thereby preventing or reducing the synthesis of endogenous cholesterol, and achieving the goal of regulating blood lipid levels.
Anti-tumor Activity with High Safety

Red yeast rice extract has good in vitro anticancer activity, and its metabolites have low toxicity, which provides a safe and natural option for auxiliary anti-tumor health care.
Dual Benefits for Diabetes & Weight Management

Red yeast rice extract has significant antidiabetic activity. It can not only reduce blood glucose levels but also prevent hypercholesterolemia and nephropathy induced by diabetes. At the same time, it can reduce body mass, epididymal white adipose tissue and total adipose tissue mass, thus playing a role in weight loss and assisting in the treatment of diabetes.
Multi-field Application Value

Red yeast rice is a natural, safe and healthy food additive as well as a widely used natural colorant. Its applications cover the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries: in the food field, it can be used to process meat products, fruit juice, jam, beverages and other products; in the health care field, it also exerts the effects of strengthening the spleen, eliminating food stagnation, activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis.