Cordyceps sinensis animal, vegetable or both?

Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn , Issue 80, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Canney, Simon ^a  

^a Heath Healthcare ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiac; Caterpillar; Cordycepin; Cordyceps sinensis; Cyclosporin; Dong Chong Xia Cao; Fungus; Helth supplements; Himalayas; Immune system; Kidney yang; Nepal; Tibet; Yarshagumba

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKINE; MATERIA MEDICA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHENIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEART FAILURE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33344470405     PISSN: 01438042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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