Advances in research of the artificial cultivation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis in China

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-243

  Zhou, Xuan Wei ^a,b   Li, Lin Jun ^c   Tian, En Wei ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tibet Shengniu Biotechnology Co Ltd   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial cultivation; Environmental protection; Hepialus larvae; Hirsutella sinensis; Ophiocordyceps sinensis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; HEPIALUS LARVAE; HIRSUTELLA SINENSIS; OPHIOCORDYCEPS SINENSIS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

FUNGI;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; DONGCHONGXIACAO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS SPORE; LARVA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES CULTIVATION; ANIMAL; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORDYCEPS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CORDYCEPS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LARVA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MOTHS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84904487419     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.791245     Document Type: Review

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