A comparative study of the antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities of methanol extracts from fruit bodies and fermented mycelia of caterpillar medicinal mushroom Cordyceps militaris (Ascomycetes)

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 485-495

  Dong, Caihong ^a   Yang, Tao ^a,b   Lian, Tiantian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Cordyceps militaris; Cytotoxic; Medicinal mushrooms; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CORDYCEPIN; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FUNGAL EXTRACT; NYSTATIN; PHENOL; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DEOXYADENOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; FERROUS ION CHELATING ACTIVITY ASSAY; FRUIT BODY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOMOLYBDENUM METHOD; BACTERIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRUITING BODY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CORDYCEPS; DEOXYADENOSINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCELIUM; PHENOL;

EID: 84907197819     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v16.i5.70     Document Type: Article

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