Pharmacological and therapeutic potential of Cordyceps with special reference to Cordycepin

3 Biotech

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Tuli, Hardeep S ^a   Sandhu, Sardul S ^b   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cordycepin; Cordyceps militaris; Infection; Mechanism; Pharmacological effect

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CORDYCEPIN; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS EXTRACT; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ERGOSTEROL; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE; LINOLEIC ACID; MACROLIDE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NUCLEOSIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROL; TEMSIROLIMUS; TESTOSTERONE; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORDYCEPS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; MEDICINAL MUSHROOM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85186740720     PISSN: 2190572X     EISSN: 21905738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-013-0121-9     Document Type: Review

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