Chemical Composition of Main Cordyceps species in Korea
2009
Hong, I.P., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Nam, S.H., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Sung, G.B., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Lee, K.G., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Cho, S.M., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Seok, S.J., National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea | Hur, H., Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lee, M.W., Dongguk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Guo, Shun-Xing, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, P.R. China
The caterpillar-shaped Chinese medicinal mushroom (DongChongXiaCao) looks like a worm in the winter and like a grass in the summer. The fruiting body has been regarded as popular folk or effective medicines used to treat human diseases such as asthma, bronchial and lung inflammation, and kidney disease. The fruiting bodies of Cordyceps militaris, C. pruinosa and Paecilomyces tenuipes that formed on the living silkworm (Bombyx mori) host were used in this examination. This study was carried out to investigate the soluble sugar, amino acid and fatty acid profiles in the fruiting-bodies. Soluble sugars such as glycerol, glucose, mannitol and sucrose were mainly found in the fruiting bodies of C. militaris, C. pruinosa and P. tenuipes. Total soluble sugar content was 29.23 mg/g in C. militaris, 8.61 mg/g in C. pruinosa and 24.00 mg/g-¹ in P. tenuipes on dry weight basis. Total free amino acid content was 14.09 mg/g-¹ in C. militaris, 34.60 mg/g in C. pruinosa and 17.09 mg/g in P. tenuipes. The content of oleic acid in fatty acids was above high more than 30% regardless of species.
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