Advances of research on citrinin in red yeast rice

The advances of research on citrinin in Chinese red yeast rice is reviewed in this paper.Meanwhile the writer gives a detail discussion on the physical and chemical characteristic of citrinin,biosynthetic pathway of citrinin in Monascus spp.,toxicity of citrinin and red yeast rice,particularly,on determination methods of citrinin and how to decrease the content of citrinin in Chinese red yeast rice.