Chinese red

Chinesisch-griin, n. Chinese green, lokao. -rot, n. Chinese red. 

Mercuric Sulfide, Black (Ethiops Mineral) Mercuric Sulfide, Red (Vermillion,Artificial Cinnabar, Chinese Red)... 

Chinese red rice products include natural HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (primarily lovastatin) and are used as cholesterol-lowering agents. 

A 50-year-old man presented with joint pain and muscle weakness in his upper right arm (59). His history was unremarkable, except for the fact that he had started taking a Chinese red rice preparation 3 months earlier, 1 month before the onset of symptoms. He was instructed to stop taking this medicine, and 3 weeks later his symptoms had completely resolved. 

Smith DJ, Ohve EO. Chinese red rice-induced myopathy. South Med J 2003 96 1265-7. 

The brown alga Leathesia nana from the gulf of the Yellow Sea in China has yielded the new bromophenols 1855 and 1856 (1736-1738), and the Chinese red... 

Mao S-C, Guo Y-W (2005) Cuparene-Derived Sesquiterpenes from the Chinese Red Alga Laurencia okamurai Yamada. Helv Chim Acta 88 1034... 

Basic Lead Chromates.—The basic salt, PbaCrOj, PbCrO. PbO, or 2PbO.CrOg, is formed as a red powder by the action of cold caustic soda solution on the normal chromate. It is also produced by mixing together lead chromate and oxide in presence of water, and is known commercially by various names—chrome red, orange chrome, Derby red, Chinese red—according to its depth of colour. It is converted by... 

Synonym(s) Colloidal mercury liquid silver mercury, metallic (DOT) quicksilver metallic mercuryb hydrargyrum0 Bichloride of mercury mercury bichloride01 mercury chlorided mercury dichloride mercury perchloride mercury (II) chloride perchloride of mercury corrosive sublimated corrosive mercury chloride dichloromercury Etiops mineral0 mercury sulfide, blackd vermilion Chinese red C.l. Pigment Red 106 C.1.77766° quicksilver vermilion Chinese vermilion red mercury sulfide artificial cinnabar red mercury sulfuretd... 

Heber, D., Lembertas, A., Lu, Q. Y., Bowerman, S., and Go, V. L. 2001. An analysis of nine proprietary Chinese red yeast rice dietary supplements Implications of variability in chemical profile and contents, f. Altern. Complement. Med. 7(2), 133-139. 

CHINESE RED (1344-48-5) Contact with acids, water, or steam evolves hydrogen sulfide fumes, which can explode in air. Reacts violently with strong oxidizers, chlorobenzenediazo-nium salts, mercurous chloride. Incompatible with zinc acetate, oxides of silver. Flow or agitation of substance may generate electrostatic charges due to low conductivity. 

American vermilion Arancio cromo Austrian cinnabar Basic chromium lead oxide (CrPb205) CCRIS 6187 Chinese red Chrome carmine, Chinese scarlet Chrome cinnabar Chrome garnet Chrome orange Chrome ruby Chromic acid, lead(2 ) salt (1 2) Chromium dilead pentaoxide Chromium lead oxide Derby red Dilead chromate oxide EINECS 242-339-9 HSDB 6185 Lead chromate oxide Lead chromate oxide (Pb2(Cr04)0) Lead chromate(IV) Lead chromate(VI) oxide Persian red Victoria red Vienna red. Pigments consisting of basic lead chromate. Red powder insoluble in H2O,... 

The LD50 of Chinese white peony bai shoo) orally administered in rats is 81 g/kg (Zhu 1998). The LD50 values of Chinese red peony (chi shao) extracts intraperitoneally administered in mice are 10.8 g/kg for the aqueous extract, 2.9 g/kg for the ethanol extract, and 4.6 g/kg for the butanol extract (Zhu 1998). 

The maximum safe dose of Chinese red peony chi shao) intravenously administered in mice is 50 g/kg (Chen and Chen 2004). 

Production By steam distillation from the wood of the Chinese red pine Chamaecyparis funebris (Cupressaceae). The annual production amounts to ca. 200-3(X) t. CompositionThe main components of all mentioned oils are the sesquiterpene compounds a- cedrene (ca. 10-25%), tIiM/opsene(ca.20-35%),and cedrol(c. 20-40%, in Chinese oil only 10-15%). 

Chinese cinnamon leaf oil. See Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) leaf oil Chinese cinnamon oil. See Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) oil Chinese ginger. See Galanga Chinese Gum Rosin. See Rosin Chinese isinglass. See Agar Chinese red. See Lead chromate oxide Chinese seasoning. See MSG Chinese tea extract. See Tea (Tbea sinensis) extract... 

Synonyms Austrian cinnabar Basic lead chromate Chinese red Chrome orange Chrome red... 

J. Liu, J. Zhang, Y. Shi, S. Grimsgaard, T. Alraek, V. Foimebo (2006) Chinese red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) for primary hyperlipidemia a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Chin. Med., 1,4. 

Zhijun, L., Yongning, W., Gong, Z., Yunfeng, Z., Changhu, X. (2007). A survey of biogenic amines in Chinese red wines. Food Chemistry, 105, 1530-1535. 

The composition varies widely a typical refractory-grade ore contains (per cent) Cr203,40-45 Si02, 3-6 and AI2O3, FeO, and MgO, 15-20 of each. The principal use in the refractories industry is in the manufacture of chrome-magnesite bricks for the steel industry Chrome Red. See Chinese red. 

Synonyms Mercuric sulfide, black (Ethiops mineral) Mercuric sulfide, red (Vermilon Artificial cinnabar Chinese red) Chemical Formula HgS (ii) Observable Characteristics — Physical State (as shipped) Solid Color Red or black Odor None (iii) Physical and Chemical Properties — Physical State at 15 C and I atm. Solid Molecular Weight 232.7 Boiling Point at I atm. Not pertinent (decomposes) Freezing Point Not pertinent Critical Temperature Not pertinent Critical Pressure Not pertinent Specific Gravity 8 at 20 C (solid) Vapor (Gar) Specific Gravity Not peninent Ratio of Specific Heats of Vapor (Gas) Not pertinent Latent Heat of Vaporization Not pertinent Heat of Combustion Not pertinent Heat of Decomposition Not pertinent (iv) Health Hazards Information —... 

Older synonyms for chrome red and chrome orange as listed by Kelly and Judd (1976) include American vermilion (q.v.) Australian cinnabar, Austrian red, Chinese red chrome cinnabar, chrome scarlet (q.v.), Derby red, garnet chrome, Persian red (q.v.) or muge de Perse, ruby red chrome, Victoria red and Vieimared. Seward (1889) apparently also identifies chrome red with pigments called Palladian red and PaUadian scarlet... 

In March 1951 it was alleged that the US had dropped bombs containing an asphyxiating gas on North Korea. Other allegations of gas attacks were made in a Chinese Red Cross publication in December 1951, and in a report prepared by a commission of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers." ... 

Mevastatin (compactin) and lovastatin (mevinolin) are fungal fermentation products naturally produced by certain higher fungi. Mevastatin was first isolated by Akira Endo and co-workers in the 1970s from Penicillium citri-num Lovastatin is produced by Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) and closely related to Pleurotus spp. as well as to Monascus purpureus (Chinese red yeast rice). Both mevastatin and lovastatin have a powerful inhibitory effect on HMG-CoA reductase. Discovered in the 1970s, they were taken into clinical development as potential dmgs... 

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