With the development of modern science and technology, many physiologically active substances of red yeast rice have been discovered, and its application is more extensive.
Red yeast rice Extract can be divided into three categories according to its functions: the first type is red yeast rice used for brewing, which mainly acts as a saccharifying agent; the second type is red yeast rice used for coloring, including red yeast rice and red yeast rice produced by solid-state fermentation. Monascus red produced by liquid fermentation; the third category is functional red yeast rice with functional ingredients.
The Application :
1. Application of red yeast rice in food
The application of red yeast rice in the food industry has been very common, such as red yeast wine, red yeast candy, red yeast biscuits, red yeast fermented bean curd, red curved noodles, red yeast vinegar, red yeast soy sauce, cooked meat products, canned seasoning, etc. , mainly used for coloring.
Therefore, the content of monascus-like lovastatin is extremely unstable. Sometimes 1g of monascus contains 15mg of lovastatin, and some monascus does not contain lovastatin at all, so it can only be used as a pigment and cannot be used as medicine. Only professionally prepared red yeast rice can be used medicinally.
2. Application in the cosmetic industry
Mainly by adding red yeast extract into makeup, the antioxidant substances in red yeast can remove free radicals in the body and play an anti-aging effect. liquid, etc. Hundreds of cosmetic products in Taiwan contain red yeast rice.
3. Application in agriculture
With the substantial improvement of human living standards, people have higher requirements for indicators such as cholesterol content in animal food eggs. In 1980, researchers found that cholesterol in food is closely related to cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes. The health department recommends that the daily intake of cholesterol in people's diet should be reduced to less than 300mg. Therefore, the research and development of low-cholesterol eggs has received extensive attention and has become a research hotspot in many countries around the world.
Various methods have been tested at home and abroad, such as selecting breeds of chickens, adjusting rations, using additives, and improving feeding management. Among them, the use of feed additives is one of the effective methods. Animal production researchers in the United States, Canada, and Japan added red yeast rice to the feed, and the cholesterol content of eggs was significantly reduced, which was up to 66.6% lower than that of ordinary eggs.
Low-cholesterol eggs can reduce the intake of cholesterol while ensuring nutrition, and will be more popular for people who pursue healthy food in modern times.
4. Application of red yeast rice in medical and health products:
Monacolin-like substances in red yeast rice have the effect of inhibiting cholesterol synthesis in the human body, and can be used as health care products and medicines for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia. In China, there have been the production of lipid-lowering drugs and health care products such as "Zhibituo", "Xuezhikang", "Bengma Brand Shengqu Monascus Capsules".
This type of red yeast capsule has unique advantages compared with chemically synthesized statins. The real lipid-lowering substance in red yeast Mevinolinic Acid (called "acid monecolin K"), it does not require human body. Hydroxyesterase is involved in hydrolysis, which can directly exert lipid-lowering effect. This acid form of monecolin K is only found in a few naturally fermented red yeast rice.
Since most of the lipid-lowering substances in the naturally fermented red yeast rice are already in the acid structure, namely the acid type Monacolin K, they no longer need the hydroxyesterase in the human body to participate in hydrolysis. Therefore, the lipid-lowering effect is better than that of Lovastatin, and the side effects are less than that of Lovastatin.
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