Beneficial effects of Monascus purpureus NTU 568-fermented products: A review
Resource
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 90(4), 1207-1217
Journal
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Journal Volume
90
Journal Issue
4
Pages
1207-1217
Date Issued
2011
Author(s)
Abstract
Monascus-fermented products have been used in food, medicine, and industry dating back over a thousand years in Asian countries. Monascus-fermented products contained several bioactive metabolites such as pigments, polyketide monacolins, dimerumic acid, and γ-aminobutyric acid. Scientific reports showed that Monascus-fermented products proved to be effective for the management of blood cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, and prevention of cancer development. This review article describes the beneficial effects about using Monascus-fermented products in human beings and animals. ? 2011 Springer-Verlag.
Subjects
Hyperlipidemia; Metabolite; Monascus; Red mold dioscorea; Red mold rice
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Other Subjects
Alzheimer's disease; Aminobutyric acids; Asian countries; Beneficial effects; Blood cholesterol; Cancer development; Human being; Hyperlipidemia; Monacolins; Monascus; Monascus purpureus; Polyketides; Red mold dioscorea; Red mold rice; Amino acids; Animals; Biomolecules; Blood; Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Diseases; Metabolism; Metabolites; Molds; ankaflavin; antiinflammatory agent; antineoplastic agent; celecoxib; cholestin; citrinin; mevinolin; monascin; monascorubrin; Monascus extract; rubropunctatin; unclassified drug; xuezhikang; bioactivity; biotechnology; blood; cancer; diabetes; disease treatment; fermentation; food industry; fungus; hypertension; literature review; metabolite; organic acid; pigment; rice; adipogenesis; Alzheimer disease; antihypertensive activity; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; atherosclerotic plaque; blood pressure regulation; cancer inhibition; Chinese medicine; concentration response; diabetes mellitus; dose response; drug dose comparison; drug manufacture; drug mechanism; drug megadose; drug potentiation; drug safety; enzyme inhibition; fatigue; fermentation optimization; fermented product; fungal strain; gene expression regulation; glycemic control; human; hypercholesterolemia; hypertension; low drug dose; lung cancer; Monascus; mouth cancer; nonhuman; obesity; plant root; review; yam; Animals; Biological Factors; Drug Therapy; Fermentation; Humans; Monascus; Animalia; Dioscorea; Monascus; Monascus purpureus
Type
journal article