With the development of modern science and technology, red currant has a wider application after many physiologically active substances have been discovered.
Red yeast can be divided into three categories according to its functional role: the first category is the red yeast for brewing, mainly plays the role of saccharifying agent; the second category is used as a coloring red yeast, there are solid fermentation production of red yeast rice and liquid fermentation production of red yeast red; the third category is the functional red yeast with functional ingredients.
I. Application of red yeast in food industry
The application of red yeast in food industry has been very common, like red yeast wine, red yeast candy, red yeast cookies, red yeast curd, red yeast noodles, red yeast vinegar, red yeast soy sauce, cooked meat products, seasoned canned food, etc., mainly as coloring with.
Therefore, the lovastatin content of red yeast is extremely unstable, sometimes 1g of red yeast contains 15mg of lovastatin, and some red yeast has no lovastatin at all, so it can only be used as pigment and cannot be used as medicine. Only after the professional preparation of red currant, can be used medicinally.
Second, the application of red yeast in the cosmetic industry
Mainly through the addition of red yeast extract to makeup, the antioxidant substances in red yeast can scavenge free radicals in the body and play an anti-aging role, and are used in the cosmetic industry to make lipstick, facial masks, essential oils, cleansing creams, essence lotions, etc. In Taiwan, there are hundreds of cosmetic products containing red yeast.
Third, the application of red yeast in agriculture
With the substantial improvement in human living standards, people have higher requirements for animal food such as cholesterol content in eggs. 1980 researchers found that cholesterol in food and cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes have a close relationship, the health department recommended that people's daily intake of cholesterol in the diet should be reduced to less than 300mg. Therefore, the development of low-cholesterol eggs has received a lot of attention and has become a hot spot for research in many countries around the world.
Various methods have been tested at home and abroad, such as selecting and breeding chicken breeds, adjusting diets, using additives and improving feeding management, among which the use of feed additives is one of the effective methods. Livestock researchers in the United States, Canada and Japan have added red currant to the feed, and the cholesterol content of eggs is significantly reduced, up to 66.6% lower than that of ordinary eggs.
Low-cholesterol eggs can ensure nutrition while reducing the cholesterol content of intake, which will be more popular for people in the modern pursuit of healthy food.
Fourth, the application of red yeast in the field of pharmaceutical and health products
1. Red Yeast in the application of lipid-regulating health products and drugs
Monacolin in red yeast has the effect of inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol in human body, which can be used as health care products and drugs for the prevention and treatment of high blood lipid diseases. In China, lipid-lowering drugs and health care products such as "Lipitor", "Blood Lipid Kang" and "Penma Red Yeast Capsules" have been produced.
The real lipid-lowering substance Mevinolinic Acid (known as "Acid Monacolin K") in red yeast has unique advantages compared with chemically synthesized statin drugs, which can directly exert lipid-lowering effects without the hydroxylate esterase in human body. This acidic monacolin K is only found in a few naturally fermented red yeast ric...
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