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Topical Skin Composition with Red Yeast Rice Ferment

US Patent No. 11,484,490 B2 is awarded to Amorepacific Corp.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 11,484,490 B2 (Kil Sun Myoung, Jin Sup Shim, Jae Young Ko, Yong Jin Kim); Amorepacific Corp. has patented a method for improving skin elasticity that entails applying an topical preparation to the skin. The composition’s active ingredient is an extract of a fermented product of red yeast rice obtained by fermenting rice with a Monascus purpureus strain, followed by further fermenting with a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain is a Saccharomyces cere...

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