Red yeast is the product of rice fermented with Monascus purpureus yeast. Red yeast rice
supplements are manufactured by culturing M. purpureus on rice at carefully-controlled …

MK is a 61-year-old female with hypercholesterolemia who presents to clinic complaining of
muscle pain and weakness. She reports that one month after beginning statin therapy she …

Many patients either do not adhere to, or fail to persist with, long-term lipid-lowering therapy.
This unfavourable medication utilisation behaviour compromises potential treatment benefit …

Monascus purpureus is a filamentous fungus which produces secondary metabolites eg
pigments used for colouring besides therapeutic and medicinal values. The current study …

Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies was asked to provide a scientific opinion on a list of health claims …