Bioactive principles from Cordyceps sinensis: A potent food supplement – A review

Cordyceps sinensis health supplement enhances recovery from taxol-induced leukopenia.

This study aimed to evaluate the ability of the health food supplement Cordyceps sinensis (CS) to ameliorate suppressive effects of chemotherapy on bone marrow function as a model for cancer treatment. Mice were treated with Taxol (17 mg/kg body wt) one day before oral administration of a hot-water extract of CS (50 mg/kg daily) that was given daily for 3 weeks. White blood cell counts in perip...

Phytochemical and medicinal aspect of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.): A review

Cordyceps sinensis is age old herb in traditional Chinese herbology. Cordyceps species, including C. sinensis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa and C. ophioglossoides. It has been widely used as, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, nootropic, aphrodisiac and hepatoprotective. In Uttarakhand Cordyceps sinensis found in high altitudes of Western Himalaya. It is locally named as Keera Jari. In this...

Cordyceps collected from Bhutan, an appropriate alternative of Cordyceps sinensis

Natural Cordyceps collected in Bhutan has been widely used as natural Cordyceps sinensis, an official species of Cordyceps used as Chinese medicines, around the world in recent years. However, whether Cordyceps from Bhutan could be really used as natural C. sinensis remains unknown. Therefore, DNA sequence, bioactive components including nucleosides and polysaccharides in twelve batches of Cord...

The Caterpillar Fungus Cordyceps Sinensis as a Natural Source of Bioactive Compounds

Cordyceps fungi have attracted many mycologists since their discovery because of their peculiar characteristics of fruiting on their host invertebrate animals. Cordyceps fungi, which parasitize insects and change into fruiting bodies, are rich sources of biologically active compounds that are implicated for improvement in health and for prevention and treatment of various diseases. They are con...

Cordyceps sinensis and C. sobolifera