Ethnomycological use of medicinal chinese caterpillar fungus, Ophiocordyceps sinensis (Berk.) G. H. Sung et al. (ascomycetes) in Northern Yunnan Province, SW China

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Chen, Jiyue ^a   Lee, Sangwoo ^b   Cao, Yongqiang ^a   Peng, Yanqiong ^a   Winkler, Daniel ^c   Yang, Darong ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c EcoMontane Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cordyceps sinensis; Ethnomycological survey; Medicinal mushrooms and fungi; Ophiocordyceps sinensis; Traditional uses of mushrooms; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 79851476021     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v12.i4.100     Document Type: Article

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