What are the different preparations of red yeast rice?
There are three major preparations of red yeast rice:
1. Zhitai,
2. Cholestin® or Hypocol™, and
3. Xuezhikang.
Zhitai
Zhitai is produced by the fermentation of a mixture of different strains of Monascus purpureus on whole grain rice. Zhitai contains mainly rice and yeast, but is mostly rice by weight.
Cholestin® or HypoCol™
Cholestin® or HypoCol™ is produced by the fermentation of selected strains of Monascus purpureus, using a proprietary process that produces a certain concentration of monacolin K (monacolin K is lovastatin, which is believed to be the major cholesterol-lowering ingredient).
Xuezhikang
Xuezhikang is produced by mixing the rice and red yeast with alcohol and then processing it to remove most of the rice gluten. Xuezhikang contains 40% more cholesterol-lowering ingredients than Cholestin® or Hypocol™.In Singapore, red yeast rice is available as Hypocol™ (NatureWise™, Wearnes Biotech & Medicals (1998) PTE LTD).
There are three major preparations of red yeast rice:
1. Zhitai,
2. Cholestin® or Hypocol™, and
3. Xuezhikang.
Zhitai
Zhitai is produced by the fermentation of a mixture of different strains of Monascus purpureus on whole grain rice. Zhitai contains mainly rice and yeast, but is mostly rice by weight.
Cholestin® or HypoCol™
Cholestin® or HypoCol™ is produced by the fermentation of selected strains of Monascus purpureus, using a proprietary process that produces a certain concentration of monacolin K (monacolin K is lovastatin, which is believed to be the major cholesterol-lowering ingredient).
Xuezhikang
Xuezhikang is produced by mixing the rice and red yeast with alcohol and then processing it to remove most of the rice gluten. Xuezhikang contains 40% more cholesterol-lowering ingredients than Cholestin® or Hypocol™.In Singapore, red yeast rice is available as Hypocol™ (NatureWise™, Wearnes Biotech & Medicals (1998) PTE LTD).
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