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Assimilation of Cholesterol by Monascus purpureus

Monascus purpureus, a filamentous fungus known for its fermentation of red yeast rice, produces the metabolite monacolin K used in statin drugs to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis. In this study, we show that active cultures of M. purpureus CBS 109.07, independent of secondary metabolites, use the m...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Theresa P. T., Garrahan, Margaret A., Nance, Sabrina A., Seeger, Catherine E., Wong, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33317087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040352