Red Yeast Rice Red yeast rice is a traditional Chinese medicinal agent prepared by culturing the yeast Monascus purpureus with rice. This process produces a group of compounds called monacolins ...

“As with any new dietary supplement, it’s important to discuss starting red yeast rice with your health professional, who can determine if this is the right option for you, your lifestyle and ...

Stanton Welch’s new “Raymonda” is a Fabergé egg of a ballet, gob-smackingly sparkly yet refined, with three hours of non-stop classical dancing as brilliant as the sets, costumes, lighting ...

Despite sharing high morphological similarities, and being difficult to identify using morphology, L. peru, L. purpureus, L. vivanus and L. buccanella are genetically distinct. Therefore, the present ...

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Red yeast rice is made by fermenting rice with a specific yeast known as Monascus purpureus. It has monacolin K, which is the same as a statin medication. Some evidence suggests that adding red ...

Red yeast rice contains chemicals similar to prescription statin drugs, which are produced by a yeast known as Monascus purpureus. Mount Sinai has stated that red yeast rice contains compounds known ...

Purple-leaved lablab bean (Lablab purpureus Ruby Moon) is, however, a perennial that grows quickly from seed to 2m and persists, bearing bicoloured flowers followed by edible pods with hints of ...

As regulators pressure big food companies to eliminate synthetic colors, natural-color producers see a major opportunity. At a laboratory near Milwaukee, scientists at the natural-color firm ...

Food contains more than 139,000 molecules, which influence nearly half the human proteome. Systematic analysis of food–chemical interactions can potentially advance nutrition science and drug ...

The team looked at neutralizing herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) through a clinically loaded chewing gum made with lablab beans (Lablab purpureus).