Production of fermented Thai red glutinous rice using an isolated Monascus purpureus NART001 from commercially available Chinese red fermented rice

Red yeast rice is a fermented product used either as food or food supplement to promote blood cir-culation and lower blood cholesterol. Ochratoxin A and citrinin are very important mycotoxins fre-quently found in food products of plant origin. In this work, red yeast rice was prepared from Thai glut...

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Main Authors: A Silva, J Moreira, P Andrade, M Nicolai, P Rijo, N Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ALIES - Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e do Ensino das Ciências da Saúde 2016-12-01
Series:Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (BBR)
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Online Access:http://www.alies.pt/BBR%20Editions/Vol-13-2-2016/art4.pdf