Abstract: The present invention relates to Antrodia cinnamomea fermented brown rice, which is characterized by being produced by inoculating an A. cinnamomea strain in a medium composed of brown rice as cultivating substrate for fermentation. The A. cinnamomea fermented brown rice produced according to the present invention contains the special nutrients of brown rice and the unique active ingredients of A. cinnamomea. The A. cinnamomea fermented brown rice may be used as food material directly, and for the preparation of brown rice-based health products such as brown rice powder, brown rice milk, brown rice tea, and nutritious additives of other foods.

Abstract: A kind of ?-glucosidase inhibitor, composing of mainly an unsaturated fatty acid composition, that acts to inhibit the decomposition of starch and disaccharides in the small intestine as well as slowing down the absorption of glucose, and thus achieving the objective of its application in preventing or treating diabetes and obesity.