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Toxicological evaluation of red mould rice

✍ Scribed by Gerhard Eisenbrand

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
540 KB
Volume
50
Category
Article
ISSN
1613-4125

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✦ Synopsis

At present red mould rice is offered for sale under various trade names (among others as Red Rice, Red Yeast Rice, Red Mould Rice, Angkak, Hongqu and Red Koji as well as CholestinTM, HypoColTM, CholestolTM, CholesteSure-TM and CholestOutTM) primarily through the internet, mainly as a nutritional supplement with a cholesterol-lowering action, i. e. without legal approval as a drug. The DFG-Senate Commission on Food Safety (SKLM) has used this development as a reason for a first evaluation of red mould rice from the point of view of its safety to health. The German version of the opinion was adopted on 26 th

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