Enhancement of dissolution rate and oral bioavailability of lovastatin in red yeast rice products

• In: Posters E - Natural Products
• At: PSWC, Melbourne (Australia) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PE-018
• By: CHEN, Chia-Hao (National Taiwan University, Taipei, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Yang, Jyh-Chin (National Taiwan Unversity Hospital, Taipei, China Taiwan)
  Uang, Yow-Shieng (Taipei Medical University, Taipei, China Taiwan)
  Lin, Chun-Jung (National Taiwan University, Taipei, China Taiwan)
  
• Abstract:

  Background:
  Lovastatin, categorized as a class II compound according to the Biopharmaceutics Classification System, is mainly responsible for the blood cholesterol lowering effect of red yeast rice (RYR).
  Aims:
  This study is to investigate the dissolution rate, physical state, and oral bioavailability of lovastatin in three registered RYR products ..

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