Red yeast in pharmaceutical practice/Crveni pirinač u farmaceutskoj praksi
2012
Nikolić, M (University of Niš, Niš (Serbia). School of Medicine)
A long-term treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome is necessary in order to prevent new cardiac events to come into being.It presuposes life style change, modification of risk factors, healthy diet, dietary supplements, as ell a medications for second prevention. Extraxts of Chinese red yeast rice, a traditional dietary seasoning of Monascuc purpureus contains several active ingredients including lovastatin and several trials of its possible lipid-lowering effects have been conducted. This paper aimed to present recent data, taken up from the relevant sources related to the beneficial effects of red yeast rice, especially on cardiovascular disease.
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