[Cordyceps sinensis, a fungi used in the Chinese traditional medicine]

Rev Iberoam Micol. 2007 Dec 31;24(4):259-62. doi: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70052-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. is an ascomycete fungus known in China since antiquity, which is still being used today. A summary, showing relevant papers about this fungus, regarding habitat, history, marketing, consumption, nomenclature, pharmacological composition, culture and medical use, is presented.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cordyceps* / chemistry
  • Cordyceps* / growth & development
  • Cyclosporine / isolation & purification
  • Didanosine / isolation & purification
  • Drug Costs
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / economics
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / history
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / isolation & purification
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal* / therapeutic use
  • Fingolimod Hydrochloride
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, Ancient
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy
  • Larva / microbiology
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / history
  • Moths / microbiology
  • Mycology / methods
  • Oxygen Consumption / drug effects
  • Propylene Glycols / isolation & purification
  • Sphingosine / analogs & derivatives
  • Sphingosine / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Propylene Glycols
  • Cyclosporine
  • Fingolimod Hydrochloride
  • Didanosine
  • Sphingosine