Azaphilones, furanoisophthalides, and amino acids from the extracts of Monascus pilosus-fermented rice (red-mold rice) and their chemopreventive effects

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 562-565

  Akihisa, Toshihiro ^a   Tokuda, Harukuni ^b   Yasukawa, Ken ^a   Ukiya, Motohiko ^a   Kiyota, Ayaka ^a   Sakamoto, Naoyuki ^b   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Tanabe, Nobukazu ^c   Nishino, Hoyoku ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Gunze Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antitumor promoter; Azaphilones; Epstein Barr virus early antigen; Furanolsophthalides; Monascus pilosus; Red mold rice; TPA induced ear edema

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANKAFLAVIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZAPHILONE DERIVATIVE; FURANOISOPHTHALIDE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHYL 2 (HYDROXYIMINO) 5 NITRO 6 METHOXY 3 HEXEMIDE; MONASCIN; MONASCORBURAMINE; MONASCORBURIN; MONASCUMIC ACID; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHTHALIDE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RICE EXTRACT; RUBROPUNCTAMINE; RUBROPUNCTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOMONASIN; XANTHOMONASIN A; XANTHOMONASIN B;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG POTENCY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EVALUATION; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; INFLAMMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS; NONHUMAN; RICE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BENZOATES; BENZOPYRANS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; IMIDAZOLES; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MONASCUS; ORYZA SATIVA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; XANTHONES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PILOSUS;

EID: 13244292249     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf040199p     Document Type: Article

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