Morphological and genetic characterization of a cultivated Cordyceps sinensis fungus and its polysaccharide component possessing antioxidant property in H22 tumor-bearing mice

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2742-2748

  Chen, Jiaping ^a   Zhang, Weiyun ^a   Lu, Tingting ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Kong, Lingdong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumor; Cordyceps sinensis fungus; Identification; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INJECTION; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TOLYPOCLADIUM CYLINDROSPORUM; TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CORDYCEPS; CRICETINAE; DNA, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MYCELIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; FUNGI; TOLYPOCLADIUM; TOLYPOCLADIUM CYLINDROSPORUM; TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM;

EID: 33646049054     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.10.047     Document Type: Article

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