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red yeast rice extract
red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus)
Reported Uses
- NOTE: see Herb & Supplement Effectiveness Rating Definitions table
- atherosclerosis [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, liver [Insufficient Evidence]
- coronary heart disease [Insufficient Evidence]
- diabetes mellitus [Insufficient Evidence]
- dyslipidemia, HIV/AIDS-related [Possibly Effective]
- HTN [Possibly Ineffective]
- hyperlipidemia [Likely Effective]
- metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease [Insufficient Evidence]
- metabolic syndrome [Insufficient Evidence]
- MI prevention [Possibly Effective]
- overall mortality [Insufficient Evidence]
- postop recovery [Insufficient Evidence]
- stroke prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
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