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SUBMITTER: Lin TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208672 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Tzu-Shing TS Chiu Shih-Hau SH Chen Chien-Chi CC Lin Chih-Hui CH
Journal of food and drug analysis 20230315 1
Red mold rice (RMR) is a traditional Chinese medicine prepared using Monascus fermentation. Monascus ruber ( pilosus) and Monascus purpureus have a long history of use as food and medicine. As an economically important starter culture, the relationship between the taxonomy of Monascus and production capabilities of secondary metabolites is crucial for the Monascus food industry. In this study, monacolin K, monascin, ankaflavin, and citrinin production by M. purpureus and M. ruber were genomicall ...[more]