Scientific opinion on the safety of monacolins in red yeast rice

Scientific opinion on the safety of monacolins in red yeast rice

Abstract The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of monacolins in red yeast rice (RYR) and to provide advice on a dietary intake of monacolins that does not give rise to concerns about harmful effects to health. The...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS), Maged Younes, Peter Aggett, Fernando Aguilar, Riccardo Crebelli, Birgit Dusemund, Metka Filipič, Maria Jose Frutos, Pierre Galtier, David Gott, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Gunter Georg Kuhnle, Claude Lambré, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Inger Therese Lillegaard, Peter Moldeus, Alicja Mortensen, Agneta Oskarsson, Ivan Stankovic, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Rudolf Antonius Woutersen, Raul J. Andrade, Cristina Fortes, Pasquale Mosesso, Patrizia Restani, Fabiola Pizzo, Camilla Smeraldi, Matthew Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
monacolin K
red yeast rice
Monascus purpureus
lovastatin
food supplements
musculoskeletal effects
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5368

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https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5368

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