Monascus pigments (MPs) are a group of azaphilonic secondary metabolites produced by
Monascus spp. They are widely utilised as natural food colourants worldwide, especially in …

Fungi have proved to be a rich and important source of a huge number of secondary
metabolites with a large variety of chemical structures and diverse biological activities …

Obesity is a multifactorial disease characterized by an excessive weight for height due to an
enlarged fat deposition such as adipose tissue, which is attributed to a higher calorie intake …

Monascus species produce useful secondary metabolite, Monascus pigments (MPs). They
are widely used in food industry as a color intensifier, food additives and nitrite substitute in …

The production of Monascus pigments and related byproducts, via microbial fermentation,
has been broadly utilized as coloring by traditional food industries and as a natural textile …

Pancreatic lipase is the enzyme responsible for digestion and absorption of triglycerides,
being its inhibition one of the widest studied methods used to determine the potential activity …

Recent increasing concern regarding the use of edible coloring agents has banned various
synthetic coloring agents, which have a potential of carcinogenicity and terratogenicity. This …

A new coumaroyl triterpene, 3-O-trans-p-coumaroyl actinidic acid (1), as well as five known
triterpenes, ursolic acid (2), 23-hydroxyursolic acid (3), corosolic acid (4), asiatic acid (5) and …

Red Yeast Rice, produced by solid state fermentation of Monascus species on rice, is a
traditional food additive and traditional Chinese medicine. With the introduction of modern …

Activity-guided fractionation of a methanolic extract of the leaves of Eremochloa ophiuroides
(centipede grass) using a pancreatic lipase inhibitory assay led to the isolation and …