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Red yeast rice

Red yeast rice or red rice koji is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its color from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus. Red yeast rice is what is referred to as a kōji in Japanese, meaning "grain or bean overgrown with a mold culture", a food preparation tradition going back to ca. 300 BC.

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RiceMonascus purpureusKōjiJapaneseChinese herbology
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Southern Min
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China
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Hanyu Pinyin
hóng qū mǐ
Hiragana
べにこうじ
Hokkien POJ
âng-khak-bí
Jyutping
hung4 kuk1 mai5
Literal meaning
red yeast rice
Romanization
benikōji

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Red yeast rice

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Red yeast rice

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related to Red yeast rice and statin drugs · 17
Red yeast rice → As, Aspergillus, Chemical, Different, HMG-CoA, In, Japan, Latin, LDL-cholesterol, Lovastatin, Mevacor, Monascus, Red, RYR, The, United States, Went
related to Culinary · 8
Red yeast rice → AD, Chinese, In China, It, Japanese, Peking, Red, Shaoxing
related to Traditional Chinese medicine · 7
Red yeast rice → Ben Cao Gang Mu, Chinese, In, Li Shizhen, Medicinal, One, Recommendations
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related to Production · 5
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Red yeast rice → TranscriptionsRomanizationbenikōji, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinhóng qū mǐYue: CantoneseJyutpinghung4 kuk1 mai5Southern MinHokkien POJâng-khak-bí
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Red yeast rice → hóng qū mǐ
Hiragana · 1
Red yeast rice → べにこうじ
Hokkien POJ · 1
Red yeast rice → âng-khak-bí

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Red yeast riceHanyu Pinyinhóng qū mǐ1.00infobox
Red yeast riceHiraganaべにこうじ1.00infobox
Red yeast riceHokkien POJâng-khak-bí1.00infobox
Red yeast riceJyutpinghung4 kuk1 mai51.00infobox
Red yeast riceLiteral meaningred yeast rice1.00infobox
Red yeast riceRomanizationbenikōji1.00infobox
Red yeast riceSimplified Chinese红曲米1.00infobox
Red yeast riceTraditional Chinese紅麴米1.00infobox
Red yeast riceTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu Pinyinhóng qū mǐYue: CantoneseJyutpinghung4 kuk1 mai5Southern MinHokkien POJâng-khak-bí1.00infobox
Red yeast riceTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationbenikōji1.00infobox
miso pasteinstance ofBenikoji products0.80text
crackersinstance ofBenikoji products0.80text

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