Mycobiology.  2008 Dec;36(4):233-235. 10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.233.

Chemical Ingredients of Cordyceps militaris

• Hur H

• KMID: 1487351
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2008.36.4.233

Abstract

Medicinal mushrooms, including Cordyceps militaris, have received attention in Korea because of their biological activities. In the fruiting body and in corpus of C. militaris, the total free amino acid content was 69.32 mg/g and 14.03 mg/g, respectively. In the fruiting body, the most abundant amino acids were lysine, glutamic acid, proline and threonine. The fruiting body was rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which comprised about 70% of the total fatty acids. The most abundant unsaturated acid was linoleic acid. There were differences in adenosine and cordycepin contents between the fruiting body and the corpus. The adenosine concentration was 0.18% in the fruiting body and 0.06% in the corpus, and the cordycepin concentration was 0.97% in the fruiting body and 0.36% in the corpus.

Keyword

Adenosine; Amino acid; Cordycepin; Cordyceps militaris; Fatty acid

MeSH Terms

Adenosine
Agaricales
Amino Acids
Cordyceps
Deoxyadenosines
Fatty Acids
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Fruit
Glutamic Acid
Korea
Linoleic Acid
Lysine
Proline
Threonine
Adenosine
Amino Acids
Deoxyadenosines
Fatty Acids
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Glutamic Acid
Linoleic Acid
Lysine
Proline
Threonine