Comparative Chemical Profiling and Monacolins Quantification in Red Yeast Rice Dietary Supplements by 1H-NMR and UHPLC-DAD-MS

January 2020 in “ Molecules ”

Rabab Hachem, Gaëtan Assemat, Stéphane Balayssac, Nathalie Martins-Froment, Véronique Gilard, Robert Martino, Myriam Malet‐Martino

monacolin K Red Yeast Rice 1H-NMR UHPLC-DAD-MS RYR

Studysummary This study found that 42% of red yeast rice dietary supplements did not list monacolin concentrations on their labels, and only half of those that did contained the declared amounts.

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