Hong Qu glutinous rice wine is one of the most popular traditional rice wines in China. Traditionally, this wine is brewed from glutinous rice with the addition of wine fermentation starters (Hong Qu (also called red yeast rice) and White Qu). The objective of this study was to investigate the variability of filamentous fungi associated with traditional fermentation starters through a tradition...

ABSTRAK: Melalui penelitian ini telah diperoleh formulasi pati gadung dan dedak yang dapat mendukung pertumbuhan perkembangan Monascus purpureus secara maksimal sehingga pigmen merah optimal. Modifikasi terhadap sebagai sumber karbon ternyata mempersingkat fase adaptasi untuk mencapai logaritmik. dilakukan dengan cara menghidrolisis menggunakan asam panas gula sederhana terlarut segera digunaka...

The production of Monascus pigments and related byproducts, via microbial fermentation, has been broadly utilized as coloring by traditional food industries and as a natural textile dye. In addition to these traditional purposes, Monascus pigments have been recently favored for a variety of commercial and academic purposes. Pigments and derivatives formed during Monascus fermentation have pharm...