Research · Narrative review
Lipid-Lowering Nutraceuticals in Clinical Practice (JACC Focus Seminar)
What it found
Red yeast rice lowers LDL ~15–25% (it contains monacolin K, i.e. lovastatin).
- Design
- Narrative review
- Year
- 2021
- Population
- adults with dyslipidemia
- Intervention
- red yeast rice and other nutraceuticals
- Outcome
- LDL cholesterol
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.