In Praise of the Humble Mushroom Cordyceps Militaris
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Cordyceps militaris is an important medicinal mushroom useful for the extraction of several bio-metabolites for natural drugs to revitalize the various physiological systems of the body from the ancient era. The constituents of C. militaris are now using widely in the modern pharmaceutical industries. The active principles of C. militaris are beneficial to act principally as pro-sexual, anti-cancer, immunomodulatory, and anti-oxidant agent, let alone its others beneficial activities for most of the systems of the body. In addition, it has lots of clinical applications. The prospects of this novel mushroom could be used not only for modern medicinal manufacturers, but also for the community people for the betterment of their health. The present review highlights the importance of this medicinal mushroom C. militaris, also aiming to draw necessary attention of the researchers as a frontier one. INTRODUCTION: Medicinal mushroom is a field involving the study of their biology, chemistry as well as their practical applications in the field of pharmacology, in order to prepare novel drugs by biotechnological means. This field is becoming more important day by day, and has been widely investigated due to its practical benefits. Synthetic drugs are available in the commercial market and are being used in daily life, but they are not safe enough as they leave some side effects and sometimes harmful for human health. On the other hand, there is still a lack in research on the chemistry and bio-constituents of the medicinal mushrooms those may provide more efficacious and safer drugs having no side effects.
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