Description:

Product Name: Red Yeast Rice Extract

Latin Name: monascus purpureus

Used Part: Seed

Specification: Monacolin-K 0.05%-3.0% HPLC

Appearance: Red-brown to amaranth powder

Red yeast rice has been used in China for centuries as both a food and as a medicinal substance. Fermenting a type of yeast called Monascus purpureus over red rice makes it. In Chinese medicine, red yeast rice is used to promote blood circulation, soothe upset stomach, and invigorate the function of the spleen, a body organ that destroys old blood cells and filters foreign substances. In addition, this dietary supplement has been used traditionally for bruised muscles, hangovers, indigestion, and colic in infants. Recently, it has been discovered that red yeast rice contains substances that are similar to prescription medications that lower cholesterol.

Function:

(1)lowering blood pressure and total cholesterol and triglycerides;

(2)improving blood circulation and benefiting stomach;

(3)antioxidant, preventing coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis;

(4)reducing the occurring of Alzheimer's disease.

Usage:

1. As raw materials of drugs for lowering blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease, it is mainly used 

in pharmaceutical field;

2. As active ingredient of products for improving blood circulation and benefiting stomach, it is 

mainly used in health product industry;

3. As food supplements and natural pigment, it is widely used in food industry.

Package: Double plastic bag of foodstuff inside, cardboard drum outside or at customer’s request.

Package Specification:25kg/Drum