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Xuezhikang
''Xuezhikang'' () is a traditional Chinese medicine formulation used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. It is a partially purified extract of red yeast rice and contains a mixture of naturally occurring statins, including monacolin K, which is chemically identical to lovastatin. In clinical practice, ''xuezhikang'' is often considered a "natural polypill" due to its diverse lipid-lowering and cardiovascular protective components. Composition ''Xuezhikang'' is a modern therapeutic agent derived from red yeast rice, a traditional Chinese food and medicinal product made by fermenting rice with ''Monascus purpureus'' yeast. It was developed to retain a complex mixture of bioactive components including at least 13 types of monacolins, unsaturated fatty acids, ergosterol, flavonoids, alkaloids, amino acids, and trace elements. Each 1,200 mg capsule typically contains around 10 mg of monacolin K. This complex composition is believed to contribute t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Yeast Rice
Red yeast rice or red rice ''koji'' is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its color from being cultivated with the mold '' Monascus purpureus''. Red yeast rice is what is referred to as a '' kōji'' in Japanese, meaning "grain or bean overgrown with a mold culture", a food preparation tradition going back to ca. 300 BC.Shurtleff W, Aoyagi A (2012). ''History of Koji – Grains and/or Beans Overgrown with a Mold Culture (300 BCE to 2012)''. Lafayette, California: Soyinfo Center. In addition to its culinary use, red yeast rice is also used in Chinese herbology and Traditional Chinese medicine, possibly during the Tang dynasty around AD 800. Red yeast rice is described in the Chinese pharmacopoeia '' Ben Cao Gang Mu'' by Li Shizhen. A modern-era use as a dietary supplement developed in the late 1970s after researchers were isolating lovastatin from ''Aspergillus'' and monacolins from '' Monascus'', the latter being the same fungus used to make red yeast rice. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
