Introduction Of Red Yeast Rice Extract
Red currant is to grain rice, round-grained rice, glutinous rice and other rice as raw materials, usually in the summer after the rain or fine rainy days harvesting, sun-drying, with the Aspergillus family of fungi red currant Monascus purpureus Went. mycelium parasitism in the rice, the formation of red currant rice. Red yeast is a traditional Chinese medicine used for both food and medicine. In addition to monacolin-like compounds, red yeast contains ergosterol, bioflavonoids, saponins, dietary fiber, aminopolysaccharides and other physiologically active substances, which have a wide range of pharmacological effects, such as lowering blood lipids, lowering blood glucose, lowering blood pressure, bacteriostatic, anti-tumor, and enhancing immunity.
Process Of Red Yeast Rice Extract
Function Of Red Yeast Rice Extract
The structure of monacolin compounds in red yeast extract is very similar to that of HMG-CoA reductase in human body, which is the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis. Monacolin compounds can inhibit HMG-CoA reductase competitively, thus preventing or reducing endogenous cholesterol synthesis and achieving the purpose of regulating blood lipids.
Red yeast extract has better in vitro anticancer activity and less toxic metabolites.
Red Currant not only has antidiabetic activity, but also prevents hypercholesterolemia and nephropathy caused by diabetes. Reduced blood glucose levels, body mass, epididymal white adipose tissue and total adipose tissue mass, red currant has weight loss and treatment of diabetes.
Red yeast is a natural, safe, and healthful food additive, a natural coloring with a wide range of applications. The applications of red yeast include food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, in which food can be used to process meat products, fruit juice, jam, beverages, etc., and is rich in nutrients, has the ability to strengthen the spleen, and has the ability to treat diabetes. It is also rich in nutrients and has the effect of strengthening the spleen, eliminating food, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
