Cordyceps sinensis: The Shangri-La to Life

Cordyceps sinensis and C. sobolifera

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...

Inositides--confusion and clarification in Shangri-La.

For the most memorable meetings there are fine venues, then outstanding venues, and finally those that transcend any previous experience. Somewhere, perhaps above all of those, is the veritable Shangri-La of the Orange County Resort, Coorg, located 4,000 feet above sea level in the forests of the Western Ghats in India. About 60 scientists gathered there for four days to address some of the maj...

Herbal Medicine Cordyceps sinensis Improves Health-Related Quality of Life in Moderate-to-Severe Asthma

Moderate-to-severe asthma has a substantial impact on the health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) of the patients. Cordyceps sinensis is a traditional Chinese medicine that is evaluated clinically for the treatment of many diseases, such as chronic allograft nephropathy, diabetic kidney disease, and lung fibrosis. In order to investigate the effects of Cordyceps sinensis on patients with modera...

Antiaging effect of Cordyceps sinensis extract.

This experiment studied the effect of Cordyceps sinensis extract (CSE) on mice aged by d-galactose and castrated rats to analyse its antiaging effect. Water maze and step-down type avoidance tests were used to examine the effect of CSE on learning and memory. CSE shortened escape latency, prolonged step-down latency and decreased the number of errors in mice aged by d-galactose. The effect of C...