Traditional uses and medicinal potential of Cordyceps sinensis of Sikkim

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Panda, Ashok Kumar ^a   Swain, Kailash Chandra ^b  

^a Ayurveda Regional Research Institute   (India)

^b SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cordyceps; disease; folk healers; fungus; mushroom; North Sikkim

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATIGUE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIKKIM; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79953813100     PISSN: 09759476     EISSN: 09762809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.78183     Document Type: Article

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