Patent ID: 6046022
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A23L,A61K,A61P,C12N,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for producing red rice, said method comprising:a) providing a lovastatin-producing Monascus strain;b) culturing said Monascus strain in a culture medium comprising rice at a temperature of about 15.degree. C. to about 35.degree. C. for a period of about 2 to about 20 days to provide a crude fermentation product containing red rice; andc) drying said crude fermentation product to obtain red rice,and wherein said Monascus strain comprises a strain selected from the group consisting of Monascus albidus Sato AS 3.570, AS 3.4440, CGMCC No. 0317; Monascus pilosus Sato AS 3.4444, AS 3.4633, AS 3.4646, AS 3.4647; Monascus pubigerus Sato AS 3.4445; Monascus ruber van Tieghem AS 3.549, CGMCC No. 0315, CGMCC No. 0316; Monascus paxii Lingelsheim AS 3.4453; Monascus fuliginosus Sato AS 3.569, AS 3.1098, AS 3.2091, AS 3.2093, AS 3.2134, IFFI 05035, and Monascus purpureus Went CGMCC No. 0272.