Red yeast rice malt damage] Urine foaming and stabbing pain… The true reason for the “fearless smile in direct response to this magazine” by the elite president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s founding family
Akihiro Kobayashi (52) Five people who used "Red Yeast Rice Supplement" died and 157 were hospitalized. He apologized in tears at the general shareholders' meeting, but for some reason he smiled and ......
On March 29, an emergency press conference was held by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical in Osaka City, and after the four-and-a-half-hour press conference, a man emerged from the conference room at around 8:00 pm. He was Akihiro Kobayashi, 52, president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.
He was being guarded by employees as he walked to his car. His expression was so frail that it was hard to believe that he was the head of a major corporation.
As of April 2, five people had died and 157 were hospitalized. In addition, six people in Taiwan have complained of abnormal kidney function.
One of the causes is believed to be puberulic acid derived from blue mold. Professor Shinsuke Fujiwara of Kwansei Gakuin University’s School of Life and Environmental Sciences explains.
Puberulic acid is a substance that suppresses the growth of malaria. It is not clear whether it is nephrotoxic. There remains a possibility that substances other than puberulic acid produced by the metabolism of blue mold may be the cause.
It is difficult for blue mold to grow predominantly in the medium of red yeast mold. Also, there is probably no gene in red yeast mold that produces puberulic acid. In other words, it is reasonable to assume that the blue mold contaminated the culture medium. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical would have had thorough control, but it is possible that there were problems in controlling the temperature, humidity, and acidity of the incubator.”
