Cordyceps Mushroom: A Potent Anticancer Nutraceutical
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Cordyceps Mushroom: A Potent Anticancer Nutraceutical
The Cordyceps mushrooms have a long history as medicinal fungi. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cordyceps have been used to treat several conditions including cancers for thousand of years. Extracts from both mycelium and fruiting bodies of C. sinensis, C. militaris and other Cordyceps species showed significant anticancer activities by various mechanisms such as, modulating immune system and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Nutraceuticals Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1876-3960
DOI: 10.2174/18763960010030100179