From: George (p3fed1.frb.org)
Subject: Re: Chinese Red Yeast Rice - comment
Date: July 30, 2001 at 2:05 pm PST

In Reply to: Re: Chinese Red Yeast Rice - comment posted by Dr. Neal Pinckney on July 28, 2001 at 12:47 pm:

Thanks for the reply. I just ran into a page which claims that a UCLA study of 9 brands of Chinese red yeast rice showed that 8 out of 9 of them have measurable concentrations of citrinin, a toxic byproduct of the fermentation process to make the preparation.

Here is the link, http://www.drmirkin.com/heart/9180.html
Any comments, Dr.Pinckney or anyone else.